Chandigarh man duped of ₹5.2L by swindler posing as BSNL employee

An army veteran was duped of ₹5.23 lakh by an unknown accused posing as a representative of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

Police said Brigadier (retd) Ranjit Singh Gill of Sector 35 received an SMS from a number asking him to update the KYC status of his BSNL sim. A customer care number for this was also provided for the same.

Upon calling the number, the victim spoke to the accused, Rahul Kumar of Noida, posing as a BSNL employee. He sought a ₹25-payment for the verification of his KYC and asked him to download Any Desk app so he could help him make the payment. The accused asked for the information of multiple debit cards and between May 23 and May 24 5.23 lakh were withdrawn.