Worker in Warora loses Rs 68,900 in Google Pay cyber fraud; case registered

A young labourer in Warora, Chandrapur district, has fallen victim to cyber fraud. Rs 68,900 was sent from his account to another person's mobile number through Google Pay. Warora police have registered a case.

The victim is Sunil Surapsingh Bhayadiya, 21, a native of Chilakda village in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. He is currently staying at Mahalaxmi company in the Borda area of Warora. He works as a dozer operator there and shares a room with other workers of the company.

His Android phone has a Jio number, which is linked to his savings account at the Warora branch of Punjab National Bank. All his online transactions are made through it.

On November 8, 2026, Sunil returned to his room from duty at 12 noon. He sent Rs 2,000 to his cousin Pankaj Kanaj through Google Pay, then put his phone on charge and went to bathe. The other workers, who work the night shift, were asleep in the room at the time.

About 15 minutes later, he came back and found the phone had been reset. He then went to eat in Warora. When he tried to pay for the meal online, he found only Rs 79 left in his account.

When the phone was examined with the help of friends, it emerged that between 12:05 pm and 12:30 pm on November 8, an unknown person had taken control of it. During this time, Rs 68,900 was transferred through Google Pay to the mobile number of a person named Diwalal Goswami.

Treating the matter as serious, Sunil immediately filed a complaint on the national cyber crime portal. His complaint number is 31906260123149. The Warora branch of Punjab National Bank had initially told him that his money had been put on hold. He therefore hoped the money would come back through the cyber portal and the bank, and did not go to the police first. When the money was not returned, he went to Warora police station on the afternoon of November 9, 2026, and gave an oral complaint.

On the basis of the complainant's statement, Warora police have registered a case under Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Further investigation is under way under the guidance of Ganesh Dnyanoba Jambhare, police inspector at Warora police station.