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Jabalpur. In Jabalpur, the cultural capital of Madhya Pradesh, fraudsters defrauded a retired MPEB employee of Rs 8 lakh by posing as the Banking Ombudsman. The retired employees, who were victims of fraud, have been making rounds of cyber cell, police and banks for one year and four months, but have not received their money. Victim Manik Lal Patel says that he retired from MPEB in June 2022. After this, his pension was deposited in the account of Union Bank, TDS was deducted by the bank on it. The amount of TDS was not paid by the bank.

Manik Lal had requested the amount from the bank, but the bank was not giving the amount. In such a situation, he was searching online to lodge a complaint with the Banking Ombudsman. Meanwhile, he found the number of Banking Ombudsman in an advertisement on the internet. He lodged a complaint on this. After complaining, a person called him and introduced himself as RK Malhotra, a senior official of the Banking Ombudsman, and assured him that his problem would be resolved.

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Asked for bank details and photos of both sides of ATM card
During this, the person calling asked Manik Lal for his bank details and photos of both sides of the ATM card. Manik Lal Patel was unaware of any fraud and he gave all the information. After this, money started getting deducted from his bank account, within some time, messages of money being transferred from the account started coming and Manik Lal understood that something was wrong. After this he immediately called the toll free number of the bank and got the account blocked. Along with this, he went to the police and cyber cell and lodged a complaint of fraud.

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Neither the fraudster was caught nor the money was recovered
The fraudster had transferred about Rs 8 lakh 36 thousand from his bank account to different accounts. However, after becoming a victim of this fraud, Manik Lal has collected all the details and given them to the police and cyber cell, but till date neither the fraudster has been caught nor the money has been received back. However, ASP Suryakant Sharma has assured to get the matter investigated seriously and get justice for the victim.

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