Lucknow: A retired police inspector, now a practising advocate, lodged an FIR alleging that Rs 91,550.62 was withdrawn fraudulently through his credit cards despite his having blocked the original card and never activating two replacement cards delivered to his residence. The complaint names the bank’s managing director and chief executive officer, its chairman, other bank officials and senior officials of a courier company in connection with the alleged fraud.
The case was registered at Gomti Nagar Extension police station under Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, which pertains to cheating by personation using computer resources or communication devices.
The victim received transaction alerts on Oct 9 showing withdrawals totalling Rs 78,277.12, according to the complaint. He claimed he had neither used the card nor shared its PIN with anyone. After noticing the transactions, he contacted customer care immediately, blocked the card, informed the national cybercrime helpline and also approached the cyber cell.