The police suspect his debit card was cloned

A senior government official has alleged that ₹1.6 lakh was fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account in July.

Though the incident happened in the first week of July, a case was registered recently at Deshbandhu Gupta Road police station in Central Delhi.

Jaspal Singh is a joint director in the Office of the Registrar General, which comes under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, said the police.

Complaint transferred

His debit card was with him when the incident happened on July 4. He purportedly told police that ₹40,000 was withdrawn twice from his account and transferred to another account. Later, ₹80,000 was withdrawn.

He initially approached Tilak Marg police station with a complaint, which was later transferred to South Avenue. It was only after senior officials were apprised of the matter that a case was filed.

The police suspect Mr. Singh’s debit card was cloned and the transactions were carried out using the cloned card, which was swiped somewhere in central Delhi. Recently, CISF officers and a magistrate fell prey to similar fraud.