Uttar Pradesh: Former UP DGP Sulkhan Singh's data leaked; cyberthug threat to stop his pension

Sources say, the miscreant calling from Jawahar Bhawan, informed the former cop that his life certificate had not been submitted. Following this, he was asked to provide an OTP failing which his pension would be stopped. The ex-DGP has lodged a verbal complaint with the Treasury Department.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): A former Director General of Police (DGP) officer of the UP Police, Sulkhan Singh, on Friday, was threatened by cyber thugs that his pension would be stopped. Sulkhan Singh said that he could make out the call made by cyber fraudsters and immediately blocked the number. The former cop however confirmed that he is out of danger now.

According to the sources, the miscreant was calling from Jawahar Bhawan and said that the officer's life certificate had not been submitted. Following this, he was asked to provide an OTP to confirm his information; otherwise, the pension would be stopped. At present, the former DGP has made a verbal complaint to the Treasury Department.

Meanwhile, many former police officers, including former IPS OP Tripathi and Arun Gupta, earlier received fake calls related to pensions. According to Cyber Cell in-charge Satish Sahu, such fraud-related cases are being investigated. In the wake of the episode, a question has been arising about how the fraudsters received the former police officer's data.

The former DGP officer had recently forayed into politics with the launch of his party, ‘Bundelkhand Loktantrik Party', ahead of the 2024 state assembly elections. Singh is steadfast in his endeavour to demand a separate state for the Bundelkhand region, which will be combining 15 districts—seven of which fall in UP and eight in Madhya Pradesh. The retired officer believes that Bundelkhand is huge but has been suffering from the government on budgetary allocation it requires.

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