Daijiworld Media Network - Kochi

Kochi, Dec 10: In a major online fraud case, an 81-year-old resident of Aluva was allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 1.20 crore by cyber criminals, who threatened him with a forged Supreme Court notice and falsely linked him to a human trafficking racket.

According to a complaint registered with the Ernakulam Rural Police, the ordeal began when a fraudster calling himself Ranjith, posing as a legal advisor from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), contacted the victim via WhatsApp. The scammer falsely claimed that the victim’s mobile number was involved in a sexual abuse case filed at the Gandhinagar Police Station, Bengaluru.

Soon after, another impostor named Sandeep Rao introduced himself as a police officer from the same station. He initial

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