The accused told the complainant that he was looking for a house on rent in Kolkata to move with his family.
MUMBAI: A sales director with a private company in Mumbai was allegedly duped of Rs 98,000 by a man impersonating a Border Security Force jawan.
The accused had called Sayantan Dasgupta, a resident of Powai on the pretext of taking his Kolkata flat on lease.
The incident occurred late on Friday when Sayantan received a phone call from the accused who identified himself as Sachin Sharma.
Sachin told Sayantan that he was looking for a house on rent in Kolkata to move with his family after he got transferred from Guwahati in the city.
Powai police said they have approached the bank to track the bank account details of the accused. The accused had got Sayantan s phone details from a portal where he put up an advertisement for the lease of his Kolkata flat. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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On Friday, the accused called Sayantan and identified himself as Sachin Gupta.
Mumbai: There seems to be no end to fraud. In a fresh incident of fraud, a man was cheated of Rs 98,000 by a man who posed as Border Security Force (BSF) jawan.
The victim, identified as Sayantan Dasgupta, is a sales director with a private company. The accused had called the victim, a resident of Powai, on the pretext of taking his flat in Kolkata on lease.
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