Noida:

A woman was duped of Rs 34 lakh here in a case of “digital arrest” by cyber criminals who threatened her with fake notices by the Enforcement Directorate, officials said on Sunday.

The fraudsters claimed that a parcel was being sent from Mumbai to Iran in her name containing five passports, two debit cards, two laptops, 900 US dollars, and 200 grams of narcotics, they said.

The victim received a call from the fraudsters at around 10 pm on August 8, she said in her complaint.

The Gautam Buddha cyber crime police station has registered a case and started an investigation into the matter, Inspector-in-charge Vijay Kumar Gautam said.

According to the complaint of Nidhi Paliwal, a resident of Sector-41, the fraudsters sent her a complaint via WhatsApp and asked her to send Rs 34 lakh.

An accused also video-called her on Skype with the video switched off, Paliwal said in her complaint.

Inspector Gautam said the accused also sent two notices to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in which serious allegations were made against the victim. A probe on the matter is underway, he said.

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New Delhi:

A woman escaped serious injuries and possibly even death after a car rammed her two-wheeler on an elevated road in Noida and she was flung off the vehicle and over the railing, fortuitously landing on a pillar instead of the busy road below. Her rescue was caught on camera. 

According to the police, the woman was riding the scooter and was headed towards Sector 62 from Sector 18 on Saturday on an elevated road when she was hit by a car. The impact threw her off the scooter and she fell over the railing, but landed on a flat-topped pillar. 

Two men climbed down to the pillar to rescue her, but ended up getting stuck too. 

Videos show police and fire brigade officials and a fire engine at the spot. Fire brigade personnel got onto the pillar and used the fire engine’s hydraulic platform, which can accommodate multiple people, to reach the woman. In one of the videos, the platform can be seen being raised and the personnel lift the woman on it. She is brought down and immediately helped into a waiting ambulance. 

The same process is then repeated for the two men on the pillar and an official is seen patting the back of one of them. 

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Manish Mishra said, “The woman fell on the pillar and two men who tried to rescue her got stuck as well. Police and fire teams reached the spot immediately. All three were rescued and are undergoing treatment. They haven’t suffered any serious injuries.”

Mr Mishra said the car, a WagonR, has been impounded. “We will record the girl’s statement and take further action accordingly,” he added.