Police have registered a case towards an unidentified hacker after a wrestler filed a criticism {that a} cyber fraud, impersonating Shiv Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray, contacted him on WhatsApp and tried to extract cash from him.
Worli-Koliwada resident Dipesh Jambhale, 24, has received medals for the nation in a number of worldwide wrestling competitions, and has additionally been felicitated by former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya. Jambhale can also be an office-bearer of Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the occasion.
In keeping with the complainant, on August 23, he acquired a WhatsApp message from an unknown cellular quantity with a photograph of Uddhav and Aaditya as its show image.
“The unidentified particular person, posing as Aaditya Thackeray, despatched a message that he wanted to switch some cash to a pal however his web banking was not working. He then sought ₹25,000 from him. The sender insisted that Jambhale ought to switch the cash through Paytm to a quantity and promised to return it the subsequent morning,” the FIR mentioned.
Jambhale quickly found out that the caller was a part of a gang and knowledgeable Suraj Chavan, a senior functionary in Sena. He then went to Dadar police station to lodge a criticism.
“We have now registered a case below sections 511 [attempt to commit an offence] and 419 [cheating by impersonation] of the Indian Penal Code and 66C [identity theft] and 66D [cheating by personation by using computer resource] of the Info Expertise Act towards the person of the unknown quantity,” Mahesh Mugutrao, senior inspector of Dadar police station, mentioned.
The police try to hint the accused by analysing the decision element document and web actions on the cellular quantity.
Investigation has revealed that after impersonating Aaditya, the hacker used the identical quantity to pose as one DJ Akash Phaltan, a resident of Satara, who has over 1.71 lakh followers on Instagram. The DJ has posted a number of screenshots on his social media deal with alerting his followers and associates concerning the fraud.
On Friday, a cyber fraud impersonated Mumbai police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and despatched messages to many senior law enforcement officials on his contact checklist.