Overwhelmed by anxiety and fearing that she would have to travel to different states to face police questioning, Devika Pandaram took the extreme step at her residence on Tuesday
Assistant commissioner of police Suhas Hemade said, “The primary probe has revealed that a man from Rajasthan, who is related to her family, used her documents to open a bank account, which was allegedly used by cyber fraudsters for transactions worth around Rs 1.5 crore. Manpada police have registered an accidental death report and launched an investigation.
Police said Pandaram did petty jobs to earn a living. Her father told police that she became anxious after receiving the notice and learning about her alleged involvement in cyber fraud cases. Pandaram, along with her father, approached the Cyber Crime Department at Thane Police Commissionerate to seek details about the case. She was shocked to learn that multiple cyber fraud cases had been registered in different states, including Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, in connection with transactions made through the bank account allegedly opened using her documents.
Overwhelmed by anxiety and fearing that she would have to travel to different states to face police questioning, Pandaram allegedly took the extreme step at her residence at 4pm on Tuesday.
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The matter came to light after officials from Churu Cyber Cell police station in Rajasthan visited Pandaram’s residence on August 8 and served her a notice to appear for questioning in connection with a case registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act. Further investigation is underway to establish how her documents were obtained and used to allegedly facilitate the cyber fraud transactions.