Krishna's 'second Radha' lost Rs 4.25 lakh; former UP IG was duped by a bank's toll-free number

DK Panda News: In the complaint given to the police by former IPS DK Panda, it has been told that the fraudster has made four transactions from his bank account

Prayagraj: A case of cyber fraud has once again surfaced involving DK Panda, a former IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh, known as the "second Radha" of Prayagraj. Cyber fraudsters defrauded the former IG by sending him a WhatsApp link, siphoning off ₹4.32 lakh from his account. Following Panda's complaint, police at Prayagraj's Dhoomanganj police station have registered an FIR and launched an investigation. The fraud occurred after he searched the bank's toll-free number online.

Resigned from job and assumed the guise of Radha
DK Panda, originally a resident of Odisha, was an IPS officer of 1971 batch and in 2005 he resigned from his job and assumed the guise of the second Radha. It is noteworthy that in the year 2005, DK Panda suddenly started coming to duty wearing all the sixteen adornments. He used to wear women's clothes during duty. He even declared himself as the second Radha of Krishna. He took VRS two years before his retirement from the job. DK Panda has a house in Pritam Nagar of Prayagraj.

It is being reported that on September 9th, former IG DK Panda was searching the toll-free number of his bank's Mundera branch in Prayagraj on the internet. During this time, he received a call in which the caller identified himself as Rahul Kumar and promised to help him. The caller then sent a link to the former IG's mobile phone via WhatsApp and asked him to click on it. After DK Panda opened the link, the cyber fraudster spoke with him for hours and during this time, transferred money from his bank savings account to his own account.

The fraudster made four transactions from his bank account.
In the complaint given to the police by former IPS DK Panda, it has been told that the fraudster has made four transactions from his bank account. First Rs 1 lakh 95 thousand 23, then Rs 95 thousand 8, after that Rs 98 thousand and finally Rs 44 thousand 12 were withdrawn. A total of Rs 4 lakh 32 thousand 43 was withdrawn. The next day DK Panda gave a written complaint to the Cyber Crime Cell but the FIR was registered in Dhoomanganj police station. DK Panda has also given the caller's number to the police, on the basis of which investigation is being done. Former IPS DK Panda, who became a victim of cyber fraud, has been a victim of fraudsters before also.

He also claimed to have been defrauded of ₹381 crore.
In October 2024, DK Panda claimed that he had earned ₹381 crore through online trading, which had been siphoned off by cyber fraudsters. He also filed a complaint at the Dhumanganj police station. According to Dhumanganj police station in-charge Amar Nath Rai, this is a case of cyber fraud, and the police are investigating the matter.

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