Online bargain lands CISF jawan in trouble

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan shared his identification documents online with an unknown person who promised him a discounted iPhone. While the jawan never received his phone despite making a payment, the conman used his documents to dupe other people online. The Vakola police are now on the lookout for the accused.

According to police sources, the complainant was lured by an online advertisement that claimed to sell an iPhone at half the price. 

Posing as a policeman, the accused then asked the jawan to send his scanned documents for identification, along with Rs 25,000 for the phone.

"The use of his documents for further online fraud came to light when a police officer from Madhya Pradesh contacted the jawan's senior officers telling them that the jawan was involved in some cyber fraud. The accused had even secured a SIM card on the jawan's name," said an officer from Vakola police station.