In a shocking case, a Gurugram-based businessman was reportedly dumped of Rs 60,000 after a mobile app was automatically gets installed on his phone. According to a report in Hindustan Times, the 52-year-old Harish Chander allegedly clicked on a link sent to him by an alleged conman who pretended to be an income tax official.
Meanwhile, an FIR has been filed under IPC section 420 (cheating). As per the report, the incident happened in September last year when the complainant woke-up in the morning and found that Rs 60,000 was deducted from his account via two transactions. When he made a contact with a bank official, he was told that he lost his money as his phone was hacked through a hacking app.
The police have traced the number which is registered in Pune but they yet to make any arrests, the report states.
