Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Two Pune Seniors Cheated by ECI Impersonation Scams
Police in Pune are investigating two online scams targeting older residents.
In both cases, someone pretended to work for the Election Commission of India.
One victim, aged 78, was sent a link and lost more than Rs 8 lakh.
Another victim, aged 80, was asked to download an app file to update his voter card and lost Rs 5 lakh.
Police say the scammers used the victims' phones to access financial information or accounts.
The first case was registered at Mundhwa police station, and the second at Lakshminagar police station.
The people accused have not yet been identified.
Police are investigating both cases.
A 78-year-old Ghorpadi resident was defrauded of Rs 8,00,015.34 by someone posing as an Election Commission of India official.
Police said the first scam took place between October 1 and 3; a case was registered at Mundhwa police station on October 10.
The accused allegedly sent the victim a link that gave them access to his mobile phone.
In a separate case, an 80-year-old Yerwada resident lost Rs 5 lakh after being told to download an APK file to update his voter card.
Cases have been registered in both incidents, and investigations are underway; the accused in both cases have not been identified.
- Who
- Two Pune residents, aged 78 and 80, were targeted by unidentified people posing as Election Commission of India officials.
- What
- The residents reportedly lost Rs 8,00,015.34 and Rs 5 lakh in separate online frauds.
- When
- The first fraud occurred between October 1 and 3, and its case was registered on October 10. The date of the second fraud is not stated.
- Where
- Pune: the first victim lived in Ghorpadi, and the second in Yerwada.
- Why
- The alleged scammers used claims about mismatched documents or voter-card updates to get victims to use a link or download an APK file.
- First victim
- Jitendra Kumar Ahuja, 78, a resident of Ghorpadi
- First reported loss
- Rs 8,00,015.34
- First case
- Registered at Mundhwa police station on October 10
- Second victim
- Kanjasheri Vaidyanathan Venkatesan, 80, a resident of Yerwada
- Second reported loss
- Rs 5 lakh
- Second case
- Registered at Lakshminagar Police Station
- Investigation status
- Investigations into both cases are underway; the accused have not been identified