The Former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha cheated of Rupees one lakh in an online scam, reports Hindustan Times.



Justice Lodha filed the complaint in the office of Assistant Commissioner of Police EOW and Cyber Cell in Malviya Nagar police station.

"I, on April 19, received a mail from the email ID of B.P. Singh that he required immediate help of Rs 1 lakh for the treatment of his cousin brother as he (Singh) is unavailable over phone. I immediately deposited Rs 1 lakh online in two transactions at the given account number," he said in the complaint.

Justice Lodha also said that he used to regularly correspond through email with Justice B.P. Singh. After the latter informed him that his mail account was hacked, he approached the Police and filed complaint.