The East Division cyber crime police are on the lookout for an online fraudster who, posing as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) Managing Director, duped a manager of the corporation and made away with Amazon gift hampers worth ₹3 lakh on Thursday.
Based on a complaint by Vyasaraj N.R., chief manager of BMRCL Baiyappanahalli depot, the cyber crime police have registered a case against the unknown person, charging him under section 66C ( Identity theft) and 66D ( cheating by impersonations ) of the IT Act.
Mr. Vyasaraj, in his complaint, said that the accused accessed his contact number and posing as Anjum Parwez, MD, BMRCL, messaged asking him to buy the Amazon gift vouchers .