A resident of Sector 36-C, Balraj Singh, fell victim to a cyber fraud, losing ₹36.76 lakh to scammers posing as law enforcement officials. According to police, Singh received a call from an unidentified individual who falsely claimed that a consignment under his name had been seized in Thailand and was found to contain drugs. The scammer, impersonating an official, pressured Singh into transferring ₹36,76,135 under the pretext of clearing his name from the alleged case.
Fearing legal repercussions, Singh made multiple transactions before realizing he had been deceived. Upon discovering the fraud, he reported the incident to the Cyber Crime Police Station. Authorities subsequently lodged an FIR under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including Section 319(2) for cheating by personation, Section 318(4) for dishonestly inducing the delivery of property, Section 338 for forgery of valuable security, Section 336(3) for forgery for the purpose of cheating, Section 340(2) for using a forged document as genuine, and Section 61(2) for criminal conspiracy.