A 58-year-old woman died in Uttar Pradesh's Agra due to cardiac arrest after she allegedly received a call from cyber fraudsters claiming her daughter was involved in a sex scandal. As per the family of the deceased woman, who was a teacher in a government school, fraudsters threatened to disclose the matter in public and demanded Rs one lakh extortion amount to keep the matter under wrap.
The incident happened on September 30, and the deceased has been identified as Malti Verma, a teacher at a Junior High School in Achhnera in Agra.
"On September 30, my mother got a Whatsapp call at noon in which they said that her daughter was caught in a sex scandal and began threatening her for the future consequences of revealing her daughter's identity," Deepanshu Rajput, the deceased's son told news agency PTI. He said the caller posed as a police inspector.
Rajput said after the call, his mother talked to him over the phone and informed him about the call. "But when I checked the phone number, I told my mother that it was a fraud call from cybercriminals. After that I also talked to my sister and found everything normal.," he said.
He added that though he asked his mother not to worry because she was a victim of cyber fraud, she could not control her tension and her health deteriorated after that call.
"As she returned home after school, she also complained of chest pain and anxiety. When her health began deteriorating, we took her to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead due to cardiac arrest," he said.
Anandveer Singh, Jagdishpura police station in-charge, told PTI, "We have received a complaint in this case from the family. Action will be taken accordingly."