Criminals have reportedly stolen ₹99,999 from the savings bank account of former Union Minister and DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran. A complaint was lodged in this regard with the Cyber Crime Wing of the Greater Chennai Police.
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Mr. Maran posted on X: “On Sunday, ₹99,999 was stolen from my @AxisBank personal savings account through a net banking transfer via @IDFCFIRSTBank-@BillDesk, bypassing all normal safety protocols. An OTP, the standard protocol for such transactions, was neither generated nor received by my linked mobile number. Instead, a call was made to the account’s joint holder - my wife’s number and the fraudsters had the gall to ask if the transaction had taken place. They pretended to be from the bank but had @cbic_india on their display picture. This confirmed my suspicion and I immediately proceeded to block all activities on my account.”
