Sudha Swarnkar, a professional yoga teacher claims to have lost the whopping sum in only 20 minutes. After realizing she has been duped, the victim lodged a complaint to her local cybercrime unit of Lucknow police, with Ashiana police station.
Sudha’s father, Ghanshyam Swarnkar, who works at the information department condemned the police for their delay in investigation, emphasizing the fraudster managed to defraud the money in just 20 minutes with only five transactions, but the police is yet to take action on the matter even after one week since the incident.
Sharing details of the online fraud, Mr. Ghanshyam says that on July 15 his daughter was approached by the fraudster over the phone, claiming to be Pankaj Kumar Pandey, a Border Security Force (BSF) personnel. The ‘BSF personnel’ offered her a role in the two-month-long yoga camp that will be sponsored by BSF in the Lucknow Cantonment area.
After giving more details on the yoga camp to build the victim’s trust, the fraudster asked her to deposit the fees that must be paid as a ‘hiring request’ through the Paytm account linked to her bank account. He claimed that the scammer
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