To clear the debts and no business due to lockdown, the couple was willing to sell their kidney
With the spike in cybercrime, we have yet another victim from Hyderabad and this time it’s a married couple, who was trapped by cybercrime fraudsters. They were duped of the sum of Rs 40.38 lakh and on realizing the truth; they went to lodge an FIR on Wednesday.
Modi Venkatesh and Lavanya, the victim couple from the Khairatabad resident of Hyderabad own a stationery shop and a bangle store. They constructed a four-storied building worth Rs 1.50 crore by borrowing Rs 34 lakh from the LIC Housing Finance and Rs 10 lakh from elsewhere. Needless to mention, their business was hugely affected like any other and the burden of repaying the loan kept on increasing.
With no option in hand, the couple, at last, decided to sell their kidneys to repay the debt. The couple started to hunt purchasers and after a lot of hard work, they finally found a person. Initially, he asked to register their names free of cost and then collected Rs 10 lakh towards insurance and exchange charges but the deal was not successful. The second deal was also not successful even after paying Rs 12 lakh to the second person.
The couple, in total, had contacted 4 clients for the money. Second-party said if the couple comes to Bangalore then the money would be given to them in advance. The couple flew to Bangalore. Two people came to the hotel and opened the locker and showed the money. The couple asked why the notes are black. The person replied that all notes are from the RBI directly and needed to be cleaned with chemicals.
As proof, some notes were washed with chemicals and were shown to the couple. The man wrapped the money in a packet and handed them over to the couple but asked not to open them for 48 hours. The couple later found out that all notes were fake when they opened the packet.
