Pune: A 66-year-old lawyer from Kharadi lost Rs 50,000 to debit card fraud after sharing details of his card with a telecaller posing as an official from a public sector bank.The victim, Narayan Bagwadi, hails from Karnataka and works as a lawyer in a court here post-retirement. "The suspect told me to share the details of my card for reactivating it, which I did without a second thought. "When I checked the statement, I found Rs 49,996 missing from my account," Bagwadi said.He then approached the bank and blocked his debit card. An officer from the Chandannagar police said, "Prima facie probe revealed that the suspect had transferred the amount from Bagwadi's bank account to different e-wallets on December 12. Our probe is on," the officer said.The case has been registered under the Information and Technology act.

Source: Times of India January 04, 2018 18:00 UTC