A 72-year-old retired teacher from Bhandup was allegedly duped of Rs 5.85 lakh after a fraudster posing as a representative of Mahanagar Gas convinced him to install an APK application on his mobile phone. Following this, the accused drained his Union Bank of India pension account, with 64 unauthorised transactions carried out over 16 days.

The fraud

According to the complainant, on July 25 at around 4 pm, the victim received a call from an unknown mobile number. The caller allegedly introduced himself as a representative of Mahanagar Gas Limited and spoke to the victim about a gas-related matter.