A woman from Chandigarh fell victim to an online fraud, losing ₹8 lakh from her fixed deposit account. The victim, Shukla Mahajan, a resident of Sector 39-B, discovered the fraudulent transactions from her account and reported the incident to the police.
Mahajan received a suspicious message on her mobile phone on February 28, 2025, stating that ₹2 lakh had been debited from her bank account, according to the complaint. Initially dismissing the message as a mistake, she later received two additional OTPs confirming further unauthorised debits of ₹2 lakh each. In total, ₹8 lakh was withdrawn from her fixed deposit, which was set to mature in 2026.
Upon realising the unauthorised transactions, Mahajan rushed to the bank, where officials froze her account, preventing further loss. Mahajan then approached the cyber cell, filing an official complaint seeking action against the unknown fraudsters and the recovery of her lost funds.
Following a preliminary investigation, a case has been registered at the concerned police station under Sections 319(2) (cheating by personation), 318(4) (cheating), 336(3) (forgery), 338 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 340(2) (forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine), and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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