According to the police, the victim, a resident of Dombivli, received a call in the first week of March from an unidentified person claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police found the tempo abandoned in the jurisdiction of the Navghar police station on March 31