Over Rs 1.5 lakh fraudulently withdrawn from govt officials

More than Rs 1.5 lakh was allegedly siphoned off from a senior government official's account by cyber criminals last month, the police said today.
Jaspal Singh, the victim, is posted as joint director at the Office of the Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, they said.
The incident took place last month, but a case was registered yesterday at the Deshbandhu Gupta Road Police Station, the police said.
On July 4, two transactions were carried out, and Rs 1.60 lakh was withdrawn from his account. Singh's debit card was with him when the transactions took place, they said.

In his complaint, Singh told the police that Rs 40,000 was withdrawn twice from his account, and transferred to another account. Later, Rs 80,000 was withdrawn using his ATM card, he claimed.
According to the complaint, he, initially, approached the Tilak Marg Police Station with a complaint which was later transferred to South Avenue.
Singh has alleged that a case was registered after senior officials were apprised of the matter.
The police said that it is suspected that Singh's debit card was cloned and the transactions were carried out using it.