Lost Phone Costs 73-Year-Old Elderly Labourer His Savings In Indore
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A 73-year-old labourer fell victim to online fraud after an unidentified person activated a UPI app on his lost mobile phone and siphoned Rs 3.34 lakh from his bank account over five days under the Sanwer police station's jurisdiction. The victim, Madanlal Chauhan, a resident of Ganesh Colony in Dharampuri, reported that the incident occurred after he lost his phone at…
Indore police are investigating a case where a 73-year-old labourer lost his savings after his mobile phone was used to make fraudulent UPI transactions. Madanlal Chauhan, from Ganesh Colony in Dharampuri, reported that his phone was lost at the Dharampuri weekly market on March 16. After extensive searches, he obtained a new SIM card for his registered phone number.
Chauhan noticed the unauthorized transactions, totaling Rs 3,34,270, when he attempted to withdraw money from his bank account between March 16 and March 21, 2025. The suspect set up a PhonePe account using Chauhan's lost phone and SIM card without his authorization. Chauhan initially filed a cybercrime complaint, leading to the registration of a case under sections 318(4) of the BNS and section 66D of the IT Act.
Sanwer police are currently probing the fraudulent UPI transactions and searching for the perpetrator.
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