SURAT: A computer operator working at Surat Central Bus Station was duped of Rs 50,000 by three persons who promised to give him a loan. The cyber cell of police on Thursday registered an offence under IPC 420 (cheating).
Yogesh Kanudawala (30) lives at Koli Faliya in Begampura. On March 3, he received a callfrom a woman who identified herself as Mitali from a finance company based in Vadodara. When she asked him if he had any requirement for cash loan, Kanudawala told her he needed a loan of Rs 1,00,000. On March 23, she called him up and said she needed his his PAN card and Aadhaar card to process Rs 1,00,000 loan application.
On April 4, he got informing that a loan of Rs 50,000 had been approved but found that the loan amount had been transferred from his account to another account. He realized thathe was cheated. tnn