A crime in connection with cyber fraud has been recorded at the Colaba police station in South Mumbai, he said.
The incident came to light in July when Jayesh Merchant (60), deputy general manager (accounts) of the company run by Mistry, received messages about the withdrawal of the amount from the bank account on his mobile phone, the official said.
The bank account belongs to Laila Rustom Jehangir, one of the two daughters of Mistry, a construction magnate. Laila is staying in Dubai and had authorized her father to manage the account on her behalf, the official said.
Mistry, in 2018, had authorized the director of his company, Firoz Bhatena, to monitor the financial activities on the account. Bhatena, in turn, had entrusted the task to Merchant, she said.
The merchants’ mobile number was given to the bank for transaction alerts, the official said.
Since the bank account was quite old, transactions were done only through checks, he said.
After receiving messages about cash withdrawals, the merchant asked the bank, which informed him that Rs 90,000 had been withdrawn from the account in multiple transactions with a debit card, the official said.
The merchant then filed a complaint with the Colaba police station.
According to the complaint, an FIR was registered under sections 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and also 66C (identity theft) and 66D (cheating per person using computer resources) of the Information Technology Act against an unidentified person, he said. , the addition of more probe was on.
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