Mumbai: Powai residents lost the RS 45,000 which he moved to a caller who claimed to be his brother-in-law from Delhi.
The complainant, Rahul Agarwal (22) has stated in his police complaint that he suffered suspicion because the caller did not sound like his relative, but the caller claimed that his voice became hoarse because of the cold he was fasting because he was infected with Covid.
The police said that Agarwal, a drama school student, had claimed that he did not have a brother-in-law cellphone number.
Also, the theory of ‘Covid’ convinced him and he transferred money.
When Tii called students, the call was cut off.
Powai police station officials said that this was a new category ‘Covid fraud’ where people were cheated.
The case has been registered based on agarwals’scomplainta submitted on Thursday.
Agarwal, Delhi residents, have lived as guests who pay for last month.
Police said they had searched for call records from cellphone service providers and bank account details sent by money on 2.
In his complaint, Agarwal said that the caller identified himself as his brother-in-law and even provided information about other family members.
“A police officer said that the caller told Agarwal that he needed money because of some problems in his account.” He said he was waiting for funds from the client and would return the same night number.
When Agarwal failed to get the money until the end of the night, he called Brother-in-law in Delhi and learned that he had never called to ask for money, “the officer said.
The case has been registered against an unknown caller.