A doctor couple from Dibrugarh was duped of Rs 1.5 lakh by a cyber fraudster who posed as an Army officer and made one of the victims, a dental surgeon, click a link sent to her mobile phone under the pretext of payment for a dental check-up of a batch of 35 Army jawans. The victim couple Dr Shilpika Chutia, a dental surgeon from Dibrugarh town and her husband Dr Santanu Bora, a psychiatrist of Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) has lodged an FIR at the Dibrugarh police station and police are investigating the case.
Dr Shilpika Chutia who owns Tooth Booth, a dental clinic in Boiragimoth area of Dibrugarh town said that the accused called her at her chamber introducing himself as an Army officer from the “Mohanbari army camp” in Dibrugarh and said that he wanted to conduct a dental check up of a batch of 35 Army jawans at her dental clinic. To convince her of his identity the accused even made a video call on the doctor’s mobile phone dressed as an Army officer and insisted that he will made advance payment for the check up. When she gave consent the accused sent her some links on her mobile phone on pretext of payment and when she clicked on the links, an amount of Rs 1.5 lakh was deducted from her bank account in four instalments of Rs 50,000, Rs 40,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively in a space of minute.
