The scammer had a show photograph of a person in police uniform.
Agra:
Scams over the phone have led to a number of folks struggling monetary losses, however this can be the primary occasion wherein one such tried fraud allegedly price a lady her life.
On Monday, Malti Verma, 58, a instructor in a authorities college in Agra, obtained a WhatsApp name from a person whose show photograph was that of a police official. The person instructed the instructor that her college-going daughter had been caught in a intercourse racket.
Ms Verma’s son, Dipanshu, stated the decision got here round midday and the person requested her to deposit Rs 1 lakh in a selected account to make sure that her daughter got here again house protected and no case was filed.
The person additionally allegedly instructed Ms Verma that he was calling her to make sure that the household didn’t need to undergo the trauma of getting their daughter implicated in a intercourse racket-related case.
“My mom taught in a authorities women junior highschool in Agra’s Achnera. After she obtained the decision from the person, she panicked and referred to as me, and I requested her for the quantity from which she had obtained the decision. After I checked the quantity, I discovered that it had a +92 prefix and I instructed her it was a rip-off. She was nonetheless very anxious and began feeling unwell,” stated Dipanshu.
“I reassured her and in addition instructed her that I had spoken to my sister, who was in school and was high-quality. My mom’s well being saved deteriorating, nonetheless, and when she got here again from college, she stated she was feeling some ache. We gave her one thing to drink however issues obtained worse and he or she died,” he added.
Further Commissioner of Police Mayank Tiwari stated the household filed a criticism on Thursday.
“The household has complained that Ms Verma died of a coronary heart assault. The trigger for this, her husband has stated, was that she had obtained a name stating that her daughter had been caught in a intercourse racket and the caller had demanded Rs 1 lakh from her. She obtained very fearful due to this and died quarter-hour after she reached house. She was cremated on Tuesday and we have now obtained the criticism as we speak. We’re investigating the quantity from which the decision got here and can take motion,” Mr Tiwari stated.
(With inputs from Naseem Ahmad)