According to the complaint, the victim received a WhatsApp call on October 27 from a person identifying himself as Sunil Sharma from Blue Dart Customer Care.
The caller alleged her daughter, Abinaya, who is pursuing higher studies in London, was arrested in a fabricated case involving a Rs 10 crore bribe paid to a minister.
The victim said that the accused allegedly contacted the victim on WhatsApp video calls and claimed that his bank transactions were suspicious and linked to alleged irregularities.
The fraudsters instructed the victim to install WhatsApp, Signal and email on a new phone, assigned him a ‘code’, and demanded periodic check-ins to confirm his ‘safety’.
The caller claimed that his ID was linked to a money laundering case, which could land the 40-year-old scientist in serious trouble, and said the matter would be transferred to the CBI.
