Mumbai: A 66-year-old retired I-T department officer was duped of Rs 8.5 lakh after two men posing as NIA officers threatened him with arrest in a fake case involving misuse of his Aadhaar and PAN card details.Cyber police have registered an offence and are looking into the bank account to which the money was transferred.Police said the complainant, a Worli resident, got a call on Sept 5 from an unknown number. The caller identified himself as an NIA officer and claimed that a PAN card had been obtained using the complainant’s Aadhaar details and was being used to deposit money into another bank account. The caller threatened him with imprisonment.A day later, another man joined the call and warned the complainant that he would be sent to jail if he failed to pay up. Fearing arrest, the complainant transferred Rs 4.5 lakh on Sept 8 to a bank account provided by the accused and another Rs 4 lakh two days later.The complainant subsequently realised that he had been cheated and approached Dadar police. He also reported the incident through the 1930 cybercrime helpline.
