Man arrested by EOW for posing as RBI official

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | March 20, 2022 IST

Bhubaneswar, Mar 20: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested one person from Noida in connection with a case of cheating of Rs 2.35 crore. The accused identified as Himanshu Bhandari cheated the money impersonating as a senior RBI official. The case against Bhandari was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by one Pramod Kumar Rout of Joda on the allegation of cheating to him to the tune of more than Rs 2.35 in the guise of paying him Rs 3 cores from the Govt. of India, under Pradhan Mantri Rahat Kosh Yojona against his Insurance policy with Max New York Life, using the forged and manipulated documents. During the month of October 2019, the victim received a call from a person who identified himself as A.K.Walia, Fund Releasing Head, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India and informed him that his insurance policy has been selected under Pradhan Mantri Rahat Kosh Yojona of Govt. of India and that the Govt. of India will release an amount of Rs 3 cores in his account. Subsequent to that the complainant received one letter in his mobile through Whatsapp, which was issued under the signature of one Mr. Suresh Mathur, HOD (Intermediaries) Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDA). The accused later managed to convince Rout to pay Rs 2.35 crore in various instalments promising him Rs 3 crore.

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