Nagpur: A 41-year-old Saoji hotel owner from Lakadganj allegedly lost ₹4.82 lakh after unidentified cyber fraudsters siphoned money from his State Bank of India (SBI) current account through a series of unauthorised online transactions. Based on the victim’s complaint and a cyber police report, Lakadganj Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act.

According to police, the complainant, Sanju Suryakant Battase (41), a resident of the Telephone Exchange Chowk area in Old Lakadganj, operates Suryakant Saoji Bhojnalaya. On July 3, 2026, while checking the statement of his SBI current account on his mobile phone, he noticed several suspicious online transactions that had taken place between April 4 and June 30, 2026.

The unauthorised transactions included transfers of ₹5,000 on April 4, ₹5,000 on April 6, ₹5,000 on May 18, ₹5,000 on May 23, ₹10,000 on June 1, ₹20,000 on June 2, ₹1 lakh on June 19, and ₹52,000 on June 30, amounting to ₹2.02 lakh that he initially detected in his account statement.

Further verification revealed that unknown cyber fraudsters had allegedly transferred a total of ₹4.82 lakh from his bank account through multiple online transactions without his authorisation, causing significant financial loss.

The victim subsequently approached the Cyber Police Station and lodged a complaint. Based on the cyber complaint and the victim’s report, Lakadganj Police registered the case under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (cheating) and Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, which deal with identity theft and cheating by personation using computer resources.

Police have launched an investigation to trace the accused and recover the defrauded amount. Authorities have urged citizens to regularly monitor their bank statements and immediately report any suspicious transactions to the cyber helpline or the nearest police station.