The Mumbai Police on Monday registered an FIR against an unknown person for allegedly contacting EPFO beneficiaries, mainly pensioners, seeking their personal details. On October 18, EPFO had written to the Nirmal Nagar police and informed them about the unknown number from which people were receiving calls.

Senior Police Inspector, Nirmal Nagar police station, Subhash Jadhav confirmed that an FIR has been registered against an unknown person. He said, "An FIR under sections cheating, impersonation of the IPC registered and sections of relevant IT Act is also added."