A driver has been booked on charges of siphoning off Rs 2.4 lakh from the bank account of a Dabolim resident after secretly accessing his GPay application.
According to police, Vinayan KK of Vidhyanagar Colony, Dabolim, reported that the accused, Shankar Babu Chauhan, who worked as his driver and was staying in his house, allegedly exploited his position of trust between June 30 and the present date.
Vinayan stated that Shankar gained access to his mobile phone without permission and fraudulently entered the GPay app linked to his bank account.
Police said the accused then allegedly transferred a total amount of Rs 2,40,000 into the bank account belonging to another person, and subsequently routed the funds to a bank account of his friend, a watchman at a building. Investigators said these transfers were carried out without the complainant’s knowledge, resulting in a direct financial loss.
Acting on the complaint, Vasco police registered an offence under Sections 318 and 316(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), read with Section 3(5) of the BNS, along with Section 66-C of the Information Technology Act.
The case is currently being investigated by PI Vaibhav Naik of Vasco Police Station, under the supervision of Mormugao DySP Gurudas Kadam.
Police said efforts are underway to trace the flow of the defrauded money and determine the involvement of all individuals linked to the accounts used in the transactions.
