Kokrajhar Additional Deputy Commissioner in the fraudulent net

There are instances of hoja villagers, illiterate people being swept away by a fraudulent trap though a rare incident like an additional deputy commissioner of Kokrajhar falling into a fraud trap has created fun in the district. According to an FIR lodged by Kokrajhar district additional deputy commissioner Rajiv Kumar Das at Kokrajhar Sadar police station he received a phone call from 9432684725 on December 11.

In the phone call, he identified himself as Ramesh Dubali from Herbalife and mentioned that he had won a Tata Nexon car worth Rs 7.29 lakh in the lottery. The person informed that rs 6500 will have to be deposited as temporary registration fee to get the Tata Nexus car.

Rajiv Kumar Das, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kokrajhar district, paid Rs 6500 by phone pay at 8699068420. After some time Punai asked for Rs 21799 for insurance and Rajiv Das also called. The fraudster then charged Rs 30,000 for the transport charge. The fraudster then spoke of Gitanjali Transport (Mobile No. 9432745226) and asked them to deposit Rs. 50,000 for THE POL charge.

He also pays Rs 50,000 on phone pay at the same number. Shortly thereafter, the fraudster asked him to deposit Rs 51,000 for the permanent registration certificate and informed that Rs 6500 deposited for the temporary registration earlier would be refunded. The fraudster requested that the money be sent to state bank of India account (No. 40254335712, IFSC code SBIN 0000618) in the name of Chowkin Chowkin. Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Das transferred Rs 51000 to the account.

This time the fraudster said he would have to pay road tax for 15 years at the rate of 18 per cent. Additional deputy commissioner Rajiv Kumar Das paid Rs 131220. This time the additional deputy commissioner suspects that the fraudster had sought Rs 99,000 as security deposit. The fraudster, who is suspected to have raised his suspicions, gave the mobile number (8274004975) of a man named Rahul Mishra for suspicion. The additional deputy commissioner again stopped paying Rs 55,000.

In stopping the payment, the fraudster gives the remaining money and gives the additional deputy commissioner a phone and message to take delivery of the car. It was then that Kokrajhar district additional deputy commissioner Rajiv Kumar Das approached the police and said that in the FIR, the so-called Herbalive had snatched Rs 3.45 lakh 519 from him in the name of winning a car in the lottery.

The said herbalife has requested the police to take action to prevent the general public from cheating in future. It may be noted that fraudsters are manipulating money from the general public every day in various ways but it would be considered the first case in the state to withdraw money in such an easy way from the Additional Deputy Commissioner. The fraud case of Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Das who suffered huge economic losses by stepping into the fraudulent net is expected to make the general public aware.