THE GOAN NETWORK
CANACONA
Two Canacona residents, including a doctor, were duped of a combined Rs 1.88 lakh in two separate mobile fraud cases.
In the first complaint, one Vilas Pavaskar of Dapot–Mashem complained that an unknown person gained access to his mobile phone on a banking application and fraudulently transferred an amount of Rs 98,500 from his bank account.
The wrongful transaction is carried out in February, causing a loss of Rs 98,500 to the complainant. Canacona police registered the complaint u/s 319(2) of BNS and further investigation is conducted by PSI Babu Dessai of Canacona Police Station.
In the second complaint, one Salujus Fernandes of Bhatpal-Shristhal informed police that a link to update his mobile was received on his mobile on June 9, and upon clicking on the provided link, his mobile phone became unresponsive and automatically restarted. When the complainant checked on his Google Pay application found that an unauthorised UPI transaction of Rs 90,000 had been effected from his bank account without his knowledge and authorisation, causing a loss to the complainant.
Canacona police have registered a case u/s 318(4) of BNS and PSI Ramdas Doifode is conducting further investigation.
