Cyber crooks cheat trader of 30L with promise to install mobile tower

BHUBANESWAR: A businessman of Deogarh district lost over Rs 30 lakh to cyber fraudsters, who cheated him on the pretext of installing a Jio mobile phone tower on his property. The cyber police station of the state Crime Branch in Cuttack has started an investigation following a complaint lodged by Sanjay Kumar Dalabehera, the victim, recently.
Dalabehera received an anonymous call on November 6, 2019 where the caller introduced himself as a senior executive of Reliance Jio. The caller inquired whether Dalabehera owned around 400 sq ft land and lured him by promising big money if he gave his land on rent for setting up a mobile phone tower.
Dalabehera evinced interest when the fraudster assured him of getting Rs 15 lakh lumpsum rent and offered a job to any of his family member in Reliance Jio. The anonymous caller asked Dalabehera to send document of the land (mobile tower site), Aadhaar card, PAN card and his bank account.