Cyber criminals target two women in Gurugram to gain new bank accounts

On October 7, Pooja, 44, and her aunt Manju, 53, who each live in a village in Gurugram district, opened two accounts in a private bank in Manesar with an initial deposit of ₹5,000.

However, over the following weeks, the bank manager was alarmed as lakhs of rupees were transferred into the two accounts — unexpected based on the women’s socioeconomic background and employment history. Between October 14 and 25, transactions to the tune of ₹20-30 lakh were made in the two women’s accounts, police officers aware of the matter said on Thursday.

Bank officials summoned Pooka and Manju, who go by a single name, for questioning, and found that they were clueless about the transactions.