The BKC Cyber police have registered a fresh FIR against online loan recovery agents after receiving a complaint from a 32-year-old engineer. He took a loan of Rs 3.75 lakh from 10 online loan applications and has repaid Rs 15 lakh so far, but still received threat calls and his photo was morphed in porn videos and circulated to his contacts. Fed up, he attempted suicide at his house and was saved by his wife. The complainant, who didn’t want to be named, is a resident of Kalina and works in a private company. The Cyber police registered his case against the Landmal app and 10 other loan applications and recovery agents on Saturday.

According to the police, the engineer first took a loan of Rs 1,500 from the Landmal loan application in 2021. He paid back Rs 2,500 within seven days of the loan period. Later he also took loans of Rs 10,000 and Rs 16,000 from the application and repaid both amounts. The police said due to his various needs for money in the pandemic, the engineer then installed 10 different loan applications on his mobile phone and took loans of around Rs 3.75 lakh in all from them.