One Pathsala woman got duped of over Rs 41,000 by a fake caller, who claimed to be from the State Bank of India (SBI).

The victim has been identified as Kabita Das of Chaki village of Bajali sub-division and she has registered a complaint at the Patacharkuchi Police station.

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โ€ I have a bank account at the Pathsala branch of SBI in my husbandโ€™s name,โ€ she said.

โ€œAs he lives outside Pathsala, so  I operate the account,โ€ she further said.

โ€œOne person pretending to be an SBI officer from Delhi called me and asked me to give me ATM  number of my husbandโ€™s account, saying if I donโ€™t then the account will be seized,โ€ she further wrote.

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โ€œOut of panic I gave away the details and when I visited the branch later, I found that Rs 41,000 was deducted from the account,โ€ Das further wrote in the complaint.

โ€œI request the police to take immediate action and trace the culprits and arrest them,โ€ she added.

Sasanka Talukdar is Northeast Now Correspondent in Pathsala. He can be reached at: [email protected]