Assam: Online gaming leads teen, friends to siphon ₹19L from father’s account

Police in Assam’s Sivasagar district have detained a minor with three others for allegedly siphoning ₹19 lakh from his father’s bank account with the chief aim to fund the habit of online gaming.

According to the police, the class 7 student came in contact with two other minors and a 21-year-old youth while playing online games on a mobile phone. All of them were residents of Sivasagar district.

“It appears that the minors and the 21-year-old were able to get the online banking details of the class 7 student’s father and transferred ₹19 lakh from the account in several transactions,” said Rakesh Raushan, superintendent of police, Sivasagar.