Impersonators claiming to be officers of the CBI and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India have extorted ₹25.48 lakh from an Investigating Officer of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.
On April 9, a caller introduced himself as a TRAI officer and accused the LIC Investigating Officer of having indulged in money laundering by opening an account in a nationalised bank and told him that the CBI was set to investigate him. Soon, another caller contacted him claiming to be from the Mumbai Crime Branch and repeated the charge. A third caller posed as a CBI officer. None of the three picked the calls after the money was transferred.
The Tiruchi crime branch have filed a case and taken up investigation.
