A shocking incident has come to light in Prayagraj where cyber goons tried to make former IG and DK Panda, popularly known as ‘Second Radha’, a victim of a Rs 381 crore fraud. This incident came to light when DK Panda lodged an FIR at Dhumanganj police station.
The scammers contacted DK Panda through a WhatsApp call and told him that he had made a profit of Rs 381 million from online trading. The scammers claimed the money was linked to the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission in Cyprus City, which trades throughout the European Union. He also said that Rahul Gupta, who works at the Finance Department in London, and Vineet Goyal of the Phoenix Group have helped in this negotiation.
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Demand to deposit eight lakh rupees
The scammers told DK Panda that to transfer this huge profit to his bank account, he would have to deposit Rs 8 lakh. If they did not hand over that amount, they threatened to implicate them in various ways. Usually, goons try to extort people through threats, but this time the former IG realized the matter and took immediate action.
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Named as Aarav on October 26.
According to the FIR filed by DK Panda, on October 26, 2024 at 3:25 pm, a person calling himself Arav Sharma had contacted DK Panda through a WhatsApp call. Before the goons could succeed in their plans, former IG DK Panda immediately lodged an FIR at Dhumanganj police station and was saved from this huge fraud. The police have taken immediate action in this matter and launched an investigation to identify the hoodlums.
