Cyber fraud: Couple from Assam’s Dibrugarh duped

To convince her of his identity the accused even made a video call on the doctor's mobile phone dressed as an Army office.

In a shocking incident, a doctor couple from Dibrugarh has been duped of Rs 1.5 lakh by a cyber-fraudster posing as an Army officer.

Reportedly, the fraudster tricked one of the victims, a dental surgeon, into clicking a link sent to her mobile phone under the pretext of payment for a dental check-up of a batch of 35 Army jawans.

The victim couple identified as Dr Shilpika Chutia, a dental surgeon from Dibrugarh town, and her husband Dr Santanu Bora, a psychiatrist of Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), has lodged an FIR at the Dibrugarh police station and police are investigating the case.

Dr Shilpika Chutia said that the accused called her at her chamber on September 1 introducing himself as an Army officer from the “Mohanbari army camp” in Dibrugarh and said that he wanted to conduct a dental check-up of a batch of 35 Army jawans at her dental clinic.

To convince her of his identity the accused even made a video call on the doctor’s mobile phone dressed as an Army officer and insisted that he will make an advance payment for the check-up.

When she gave consent the accused sent her some links on her mobile phone on the pretext of making payment and when she clicked on the links, an amount of Rs 1.5 lakh was deducted from her bank account in four installments of Rs 50,000, Rs 40,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.

Dr Chutia further hoped that with the help of the Assam Police, she will be able to recover the lost amount.

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