Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 12 (HBTV): A district collector's son was duped of INR 2.08 lakh in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district apparently while trying to redeem State Bank of India (SBI) reward points, an official said. 

According to a copy of a First Information Report, the incident occurred on May 3 when the collector's son Premanshu Singh clicked on a fake link sent by an unknown person to redeem SBI reward points. Later, Singh lodged a case at Guna Cantt police station into the matter on Monday, June 10. 

Guna Cantt police station in-charge Dilip Rajoriya told ANI that a complainant by the name Premanshu Singh, who is Guna collector's son, has filed a complaint at the police station in connection with a cyber fraud. Acting on it, the authorities registered an FIR against an unknown person under IPC sections 420, 467, 468 and 471, the officer said.

The complainant received a link on his mobile phone to redeem SBI reward points, which was similar to the original SBI interface. When he clicked on the link thinking it to be genuine, he lost a total INR 2.08 lakh from his account while following the process, the police officer said.  

Further investigation into the matter is underway, he added. 

The statement in the FIR copy read, ‘On May 3, an unknown person sent a link to the collector son's mobile to redeem SBI reward points, upon clicking on the link considering it to be genuine, a page exactly like the SBI bank page opened. After entering the information, a fraud of INR 2,08,000 was done from the SBI bank account of the applicant.’    

‘Prima facie a case has been registered against unknown person under IPC section 420, 467, 468, 471. The information related to the transaction and the SIM number used by the unknown accused has been obtained by the Cyber Cell and sent to Cantt Police Station for further action,’ the copy read.

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.