Justice Liberhan headed the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission for 17 years. He is a resident of Sector 9 in Chandigarh. The fraud took place in July this year & an First Information Report (FIR) was lodged on Wednesday.
Online fraudsters cheated retired Chief Justice (CJ) of Andhra Pradesh Manmohan Singh Liberhan of Rs 2.25 lakh after obtaining his confidential bank details posing as employees of State Bank of India (SBI). Justice Liberhan also headed the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission for 17 years. He is a resident of Sector 9.
The fraud took place in July this year & an First Information Report (FIR) was lodged on Wednesday. He has an account in the Punjab & Haryana HC branch of State Bank of India (SBI).
Police said the fraudsters called Justice Liberhan saying the State Bank of India (SBI) is going to cancel his Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card because his account wasn't linked to his Aadhaar card. On this, Justice Liberhan provided the caller all the relevant details about his account, including the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card number & password. The retired chief justice (CJ) came to know about the fraud when he issued a cheque for the salary of his gardener. The cheque was dishonoured on July 3. Later, on enquiry, Justice Liberhan came to know that the fraudsters had withdrawn Rs 2.25 lakh from his account.
The victim immediately called the State Bank of India (SBI) representatives, who informed him that they aren't making such calls to their customers. He filed a complaint at the police headquarters, Sector 9. A probe was marked to the cyber cell in Sector 17.
A cyber cell officer said, “We obtained the relevant details about the mobile number through which calls were made to Justice Liberhan. 2 cell phones were used for making calls to the victim. Both the numbers were obtained on the identity of Jharkhand residents. Even the bank account in which Justice Liberhan’s money was transferred was opened on a fake IDentification (ID).”
A source said, “A preliminary probe suggests online fraudsters behind this case can also be involved in more cheating cases because the mobile numbers used for calling Justice Liberhan were used in other cheating cases as well. Other complaints aren't registered in Chandigarh.” A case was registered at the Sector 3 police station.
Other judges at the receiving end
“Other retired justices, who received phishing calls, included Justice R K Nehru, Justice J C Verma, Justice Amarbir Singh Gill, Justice N K Kapoor, Justice R C Kathuria, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, Justice Pritam Pal, Justice L N Mittal, Justice S D Anand, Justice Sham Sunder, Justice R P Nagrath,” the First Information Report (FIR) states.
A complaint with the Chandigarh Police was also made by Rohit J Kumar, superintendent of the Punjab (SP) & Haryana HC. Kumar states in his complaint that Rs 6,000 was already debited from the account of Justice Bakhshish Kaur.
Man cheats Punjab National Bank (PNB) Sec 26 branch of Rs 9.90 lakh, bank staff retrieve Rs 5.10 lakh, First Information Report (FIR) lodged
A fraudster cheated Punjab National Bank’s Sector 26 branch of Rs 9.90 lakh. But the alertness of bank employees managed to save Rs 5.10 lakh. The fraud took place on July 5 this year. An First Information Report (FIR) was registered on the statement of Punjab National Bank (PNB) chief manager Jagmohan Singh Sandhu at the Sector 26 police station on Wednesday.
In his complaint to the police, Chief Manager Jagmohan Singh Sandhu said, “On July 16, our employee Anurag got a WhatsApp message from a man introducing himself as Karun Hoon, director of Chrisma Gold Wheels (P) Ltd, enquiring about rate of interest (RoI) on Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) for Rs10 crore for five years. Accordingly, rates of interests were sent through WhatsApp by Anurag. Then a call from the same number was received by Anurag again & (the caller) enquired about fixed deposit & overdraft against fixed deposit (FD). Anurag handed over the phone to me. The caller enquired about three Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR)s for Rs 10 crore each with rate of interest (RoI) on fixed deposit (FD) & also rate of interest (RoI) on overdraft against Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR).”
“Again Anurag received a call from the suspect & said that he has to remit Rs 9.90 lakh through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) from his above cash credit (CC) account but he is out of station & is sending details & one of the cheques through WhatsApp. He requested (Anurag) to send the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) & assured that the cheque will be sent to you later. Relying on the communication & keeping in view the status of the company, Ms Chrisma Gold Wheels (P) Ltd, the transaction was made. Later, Rajender, an employee of M/S Chrisma Gold Wheels (P) Ltd, visited the branch & informed (us) that they hadn't asked for any transaction from their account. After that, we immediately visited Axis Bank, Sector 26, Chandigarh, & requested them to freeze the amount in the account of the suspect. The account was opened in the name of M/s Counting Star.”
Police said due to their alertness, the Punjab National Bank (PNB) officials managed to save Rs 5.10 lakh out of Rs 9.90 lakh, which was credited from the account of Chrisma Gold Wheels Pvt Ltd in one of the accounts at Axis Bank. Police said the account, in which Rs 4.80 lakh was transferred from Axis Bank account, was opened in a Mumbai-based private bank. So far, it revealed the account was opened on a fake identity. Cyber cell is probing the matter. Chrisma Gold Wheels Pvt Ltd is availing cash credit (CC) limit of Rs 600 crore from Punjab National Bank & the company is one of the reliable customers of the bank.
Cyber cell Inspector Devinder Singh said, “Investigation established that M/S Counting Star has its account with Axis Bank, Parkste Vikhroli West Mumbai. We communicated with Axis Bank in West Mumbai. The fraudster will be arrested shortly.”
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