Tribune News Service
Panchkula, December 2

A 75-year-old retired Army man and resident of Sector 8 here has been duped of Rs 59,510 by four persons, including a woman, on the pretext of getting insured amount of Rs 6 lakh released under the Army Group Insurance Fund for which he had been paying premiums regularly.

In his complaint to the police, the victim, Major Janak Raj (retd), said after attaining the age of 75 he was entitled for the release of Army Group Insurance Fund amounting to be around Rs 6 lakh.

The victim said some persons contacted him on his mobile phone claiming that they were employees/agents from the Army Group Insurance Fund’s office and they assist Army personnel in obtaining their matured amount.

He said the caller told him that the amount would be credited to his account after the completion of some formalities and he had to pay certain amount in advance before the release of the Group insurance Fund.

He said the four suspects, who identified themselves as Saxena, Rajit, Viraj Ranawat and Neha Aggarwal, called him on different dates from their mobile phones and asked him to transfer Rs 5,232, Rs 13,970, Rs 23,918 and Rs 16,390, respectively.

Major Janak Raj (retd) said he deposited the above mentioned amounts in the bank accounts provided by them through RTGS and cheques. He said all payments were made in August and September this year.

He said as no amount was credited to his account after waiting for several days, he contacted the Army Group Insurance Fund office in Delhi to know as to why he was not getting the amount.

The victim said he was informed that they had neither asked to make any payment in advance nor they had authorised anyone to make such calls to retired officers.

He said the officials also told him that some persons had stolen bio-data of several officers and they were cheating and committing fraud with the retirees of the Army.

The Sector 5 police station has registered a case against unidentified persons under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC and further investigations were on in the case.

Suspects contacted victim on his phone

The victim said some persons contacted him on his mobile phone claiming that they were employees/agents from the Army Group Insurance Fund’s office and they assist Army personnel in obtaining their matured amount. He said the caller told him that the amount would be credited to his account after the completion of some formalities and he had to pay certain amount in advance before the release of the Group insurance Fund.