Sunil Lohan
The Central division cyber crime police on Monday registered an FIR against unknown person who posing as RTO official cheated a senior citizen by sending a fake RTO challan link,resulting in a financial loss of over Rs.26.52 lakh.
According to the complaint, victim a 64 year old resident of Ejipura,received a message from an unknown mobile number claiming it to be an RTO challan update.
The message contained an APK file,which the complainant downloaded believing it to be genuine.
Soon after installing the file,the complainant noticed suspicious activity on his mobile phone.
Subsequently, the complainant’s HDFC Bank and IndusInd Bank accounts were compromised.On December 25,2025,unauthorized transactions were carried out.
The fraudsters allegedly used the fake RTO challan application as a tool to gain access to the victim’s banking details.
The victim even raised a complaint with the banks and blocked his accounts,but in vain.
Further investigation revealed that on December 24, 2025,a total amount of Rs.26,52,434, including funds from his account,was illegally transferred from the complainant’s without his consent.
The complainant stated that he never authorized any such transactions and was unaware that the APK file was malicious.The police have advised people not to access any APK links.
Neither the transport nor the traffic officials sent such information to individual accounts,a senior police officials,said .
