Man from Thane held for using fake railway pass on local train

Police have arrested a 20yearold man from Maharashtras Thane city for allegedly travelling on a fake railway pass generated through the UTS mobile ticketing app officials said on Sunday reported news agency PTIThe man was travelling on a DadarAmbernath fast AC local train on Friday when the travelling ticket inspector asked him to show his ticketThe accused showed a digital railway pass on his mobile phones WhatsApp and it was later found to be fake a Government Railway Police GRP official said reported PTIHe was offloaded at Thane station and brought to the GRP police station for further inquiryDuring questioning the man claimed that a friend forwarded the fake pass to him on WhatsApp the official said reported PTIThe man was later arrested and booked on charges of cheating and forgery the police addedSenior citizen duped of Rs 125 cr by cyber criminals posing as Data Protection Board official copsIn another case a 64yearold businessman from Naupada in Thane was cheated of Rs 125 crore in a cyber fraud involving callers impersonating Data Protection Board of India and Nashik police personnel an official said on Saturday reported PTIThe complainant was cheated through calls he received between November 11 and December 3 the Naupada police station official addedHe got a call from a man who identified himself as Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary of Data Protection Board of India based in Mumbais Khar area He told the victim that a SIM card in his name was illegally issued in Nashik and used for threatening people He was told that a case had been registered at Panchavati police station the official said reported PTIThe victim then got calls from cyber criminals posing as Nashik police personnel He was told that a bank account in Nashik was opened using his Aadhaar card which was being used for largescale illegal money transactions and money laundering resulting in a case under the National Security Act the official added reported PTIThe fraudsters threatened and forced him to transfer Rs 12550280 into multiple accounts the official saidThe Data Protection Board of India is a tribunal established under the DPDP Act 2023 to enforce privacy laws handle data breach complaints adjudicative violations and impose penalties on companies misusing personal data It was formally established in November this year reported PTIA case was registered on Friday under Sections 3184 cheating and 3192 cheating by personation of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act he saidEfforts are on to nab the accused by tracking digital footprints banking transactions and call records the official addedWith inputs from PTI