Naresh Gujral, Son of Former PM IK Gujral, Duped of Crores in Cyber Fraud
Police have frozen nearly Rs 4 crore after scammers posed as Naresh Kumar Gujral on WhatsApp and directed staff to transfer money, officials said.
- Former Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral was duped of Rs 7.8 crore in a WhatsApp impersonation scam, where a fraudster posed as the former lawmaker to deceive a textile company official into transferring funds via RTGS.
- Posing as Gujral, the fraudster used his WhatsApp profile picture to instruct the company official to transfer money, with the employee complying over four days as he believed the requests were genuine.
- Suspicion arose on June 16 when the official contacted Gujral's daughter, Diksha Gujral, about the transfers; she verified with her father that he had never authorized the payments, prompting the family to alert police.
- Delhi Police registered an e-FIR on Tuesday and mobilized the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations unit, successfully freezing nearly Rs 4 crore across various bank accounts.
- Officials confirmed the scammer's WhatsApp number did not belong to Gujral, while the unusual delay in fund movement in the banking system enabled authorities to recover a substantial portion of the defrauded amount.
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The son of former Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral has been the victim of a major cyber fraud. According to reports, scammers orchestrated this long-planned scam via WhatsApp.
Ex-Pm's Son Duped of Rs 7.8 Cr in Cyber Scam; Rs 4 Cr Frozen
Former Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral, son of ex-PM I.K. Gujral, was duped of Rs 7.8 crore in a high-profile cyber scam after fraudsters impersonated him on a messaging app. Learn how the scammers tricked his staff into RTGS transfers, how Rs 4 crore was frozen, and what Delhi Police are doing to trace the money trail.
Internet fraudsters get to son of former PM I K Gujral, but he gets away relatively lightly
An employee of former Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral (78) got WhatsApp messages from his ‘boss’ directing him to transfer Rs 7.8 crore out of the company’s account. The bank raised a flag, and the police moved in quickly, and more than half the money was recovered.
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