12 August,2016 08:37 AM IST | | Asif Rizvi
Cybercrime spares none, with famed Bollywood director Ashutosh Gowariker's wife becoming its latest victim. Sunita Gowariker has lodged a complaint with Khar police station about an online fraud
Cyber crime spares none, with famed Bollywood director Ashutosh Gowariker's wife becoming its latest victim. Former model-turned-airhostess-turned producer, Sunita Gowariker has lodged a complaint through her manager with Khar police station about an online fraud that has squeezed out more than Rs 1 lakh using her credit card account in the first week of this month.
Sunita, on August 5 received a message that R1, 34, 333.08 was spent for online shopping using the card. Immediately, she contacted the manager of Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd (Khar West), and asked him about the transaction.
The manager, Vishwanath Nayar (35) replied her in negative after confirming from the concerned department, after which Sunita asked him to file a police complaint the next day. Police is suspecting that it's a hacker's handiwork or Sunita had shared her PayTM account details with somebody, who misused it.
Neither Nayar nor Sunita could be reached, as Nayar "was not available in office for comment and Sunita madam is out of town," informed an employee who identified himself as Sanjay.
"A complaint under sections 420 of the IPC [Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property] and section 66(c) (d) of the IT Act [punishment for Phishing] has been registered," said Ramchandra Jadhav, senior inspector of Khar police station, adding that the Cyber cell has not been informed yet.
Meanwhile, Sunchita Trivedi, the spokesperson of Gowariker, said, "Sunita's credit card was lost and somebody has used it for online shopping. The matter was reported to the police and is under investigation. She applied for a new credit card and has received a new one."
