2 people became victims of online fraud, lost Rs 2 lakh

Two residents of Tarn Taran city were defrauded of lakhs by swindlers through online fraud. One of the victims, Anu Jindal of Khalsapur Road in the city, said the swindler, later identified as Babai Samantara, resident of Khana Kul (West Bengal), transferred an amount of Rs 99,999 from her bank accounts two months ago.

In the second incident, a swindler defrauded Gurwant Singh, a resident of Ganga Singh Nagar area, of Rs 1.95 lakh, who was later identified as Kailash, a resident of Bhopal (MP). In his complaint to the police, Gurwant Singh said that someone called from a foreign phone number and cheated him by saying that his son living abroad had met with an accident and was serious. He told that the swindler frightened him and transferred an amount of Rs 1.95 lakh to his account. Tarn Taran SHO City Sushil Kumar said cases have been registered under sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC and section 43 of the Information Technology Act and further proceedings have been initiated.