By Tanseem Haider
A teenager allegedly transferred Rs 2.3 lakh from the pension account of his grandfather for his PUBG game, Delhi Police said on Monday.
The cyber cell of the Delhi Police said the 15-year-old boy transferred money from the pension account of his grandfather and used the money to fund his PUBG game for months.
The matter came to light after the complainant received a message on his mobile phone that Rs 2,500 had been debited with the account balance at Rs 275. He immediately approached his bank where he was informed that Rs Rs 2.34 lakh had been transferred from his pension account.
The complainant approached police and alleged that he had not carried out any transaction and did not receive the one-time password (OTP) too.
The cyber cell found that Rs 2,34,497 had been transferred from the complainant’s account in a period of two months.
The police discovered that the payments were being made to a Paytm Account registered in the name of one Pankaj Kumar, 23.
The cyber cell apprehended Pankaj Kumar and after his interrogation found that one of his friends had asked him for his ID and password of Paytm account.
The police found that this person had used Pankaj’s account to make payments on Google Play for PUBG. This person was later identified as the grandson of the complainant and apprehened.
The 15-year-old admitted to police that he had transferred the amount from his grandfather’s account to play PUBG.
The teen said he used to delete OTP messages from his grandfather’s mobile phone to avoid suspicion of hacking of bank account. ( India Today )
