The Bengaluru Cyber Crime Police on September 20 registered a case after an unknown person tried to extract sensitive information from Rajya Sabha MP and author Sudha Murthy, who was formerly the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation.
According to the FIR, Murthy received the call at around 9.40 am on September 5. “The caller introduced himself as an employee of the Ministry of Telecommunications and alleged that her number was registered without linking it with Aadhaar,” the FIR read.
Using the ruse, the scammer also tried to extract personal information of the MP. During his call, he allegedly told Murthy that the phone number was being used to transmit and access obscene videos. Apart from it, he claimed that the services to her number would be stopped at 12 noon and misbehaved with her.
When she checked the number from which she received the call from on True Caller, it displayed “Telecom Dept”, according to the FIR.
Following the incident, one Ganapathy Bopaiah filed a complaint on Murthy’s behalf, based on which the FIR was registered under section 66C (Identity theft), 66D (cheating by impersonation) and 84C (attempt to commit offences) of the Information Technology Act.
Murthy was nominated as a Rajya Sabha MP in March 2024. She is the author of several books in Kannada and English.