The Samta Nagar police are trying to locate a Chinese man, who allegedly hacked into the account of an engineer and managed to withdraw Rs 1.75 lakh, through six fake accounts across the country. The police suspect that the Chinese national is hand-in-glove with Indians who opened fake accounts by taking advantage of the Aadhaar-linked savings account scheme of the government.

According to the police, the crime came to light after Chinmay Das, a resident of Lokhandwala Complex in Kandivli (E), lodged an FIR on December 13, reporting that Rs 1.75 lakh has been siphoned out of his bank account and into six accounts across different cities.