The Bengaluru Cyber Crime Police on September 20 registered a case after an unknown individual tried to extract delicate info from Rajya Sabha MP and writer Sudha Murthy, who was previously the chairperson of the Infosys Basis.
In keeping with the FIR, Murthy obtained the decision at round 9.40 am on September 5. “The caller launched himself as an worker of the Ministry of Telecommunications and alleged that her quantity was registered with out linking it with Aadhaar,” the FIR learn.
Utilizing the ruse, the scammer additionally tried to extract private info of the MP. Throughout his name, he allegedly informed Murthy that the cellphone quantity was getting used to transmit and entry obscene movies. Other than it, he claimed that the companies to her quantity can be stopped at 12 midday and misbehaved together with her.
When she checked the quantity from which she obtained the decision from on True Caller, it displayed “Telecom Dept”, based on the FIR.
Following the incident, one Ganapathy Bopaiah filed a criticism on Murthy’s behalf, primarily based on which the FIR was registered underneath part 66C (Id theft), 66D (dishonest by impersonation) and 84C (try and commit offences) of the Info Know-how Act.
Murthy was nominated as a Rajya Sabha MP in March 2024. She is the writer of a number of books in Kannada and English.