'OTP Messages Arrive, ₹2.62 Lakh Vanishes': Ahmedabad Collectorate Officer Duped Of ₹2.62 Lakh After Unsolicited OTPs Hit Mobile
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A 57-year-old deputy mamlatdar posted at Ahmedabad Collectorate lost ₹2.62 lakh from his Indian Bank account after a series of unsolicited OTP messages.
Money Transferred Without Authorisation
Keyur Arvindbhai Trivedi, who serves as a deputy mamlatdar and executive magistrate in the Alien Recovery Branch at the Collectorate office near Subhash Bridge, lives at Galaxy Bungalows near Haridarshan Chowk in Nikol.
On September 12, 2026, at around 2 pm, Trivedi was at home when multiple OTP messages began arriving on his Vodafone mobile number from unknown numbers.
Within minutes, ₹2.62 lakh was withdrawn from his Indian Bank account at the Haridarshan branch in Naroda through two unauthorised transactions.
Trivedi immediately contacted the cybercrime helpline 1930 after noticing the withdrawals.
Funds Traced To Axis Bank Account
A preliminary inquiry found that the stolen money had been transferred to an Axis Bank account.
Trivedi subsequently submitted a written complaint at Nikol police station. Police have registered a case against the unidentified account holder under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.
Nikol police have begun an investigation to identify the recipient of the funds and trace the transactions.
