Fazil Mir
Srinagar, Nov 5 (NVI): Police have registered a case against four persons for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 50,000 by impersonating officials of the Cyber Crime Department in Batmaloo area of Srinagar, officials said on Thursday.
According to officials, police received a complaint from a resident of Batmaloo alleging that four persons had approached him while posing as Cyber Crime Department officials and fraudulently obtained Rs 50,000 from him.
The complainant alleged that the accused misrepresented their identities and used the false claim of being cyber crime officials to gain his confidence and cheat him of the money.
Following the complaint, police registered an FIR (No. 139/2026) at Police Station Batmaloo under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), officials said.
They said further investigation has been initiated to establish the circumstances of the alleged fraud, identify the role of each accused and ascertain whether they were involved in similar incidents.
Police are investigating the case, officials added.(NVI)
