BRIGADIER DUPED OF ₹9,799 IN ONLINE FRAUD

PANCHKULA : Fraudsters duped a 51-year-old brigadier of ₹9,799 in lieu of selling a refurbished Apple iPhone online, police said on Monday. Complainant Brigadier Neeraj Kumar Soni, who lives in the Chandimandir cantonment, told the police that he bought the phone online on May 11 from a firm named 2GUD. The transaction of ₹9,799 from his credit card was carried out in favour of Flipkart Internet Private Limited. The phone’s delivery was promised by May 21. Soni said he later received a call from a man posing as the e-commerce firm’s representative, who asked for his account information. Later he asked him to download a form from a link. Smelling a rat, Soni filed a police complaint and an FIR was lodged.