Mangaluru: A 32-year-old man lodged a complaint with police after unknown persons allegedly withdrew Rs 1.9 lakh from his bank account through unauthorised transactions.According to the complaint, the complainant noticed on Feb 28, at around 7am, that the sim card in his mobile phone became inactive. Later, at around 10am, he visited the service provider’s office near Bunts Hostel and obtained a replacement sim with the same number. As instructed by the staff, he inserted the new sim card into his phone after four hours.While attempting to activate the Google Pay application, he received an OTP on his phone but did not enter the OTP.The complainant holds a salary account at a bank branch in Pumpwell, Mangaluru. On March 2, at 4.04am, he received SMS alerts indicating that money was debited from his account in multiple transactions. On noticing the messages, he approached the bank and requested officials to freeze his account. He later obtained the bank statement for the period between Feb 27 and March 2 and, upon verification, found that money was also withdrawn from his account in multiple transactions on March 1.He then contacted the 1930 cyber helpline and reported the matter. Initially, he did not lodge a police complaint as he hoped the deducted amount would be credited back. However, as the money was not refunded, he filed a police complaint. Mangaluru East police registered a case.
