Agra woman dies of heart attack after scammers lie about daughter’s sex racket

The woman received several calls on WhatsApp from a man posing as a policeman.

A government school teacher in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh died due to cardiac arrest after she allegedly received a call from cyber fraudsters falsely claiming that her daughter was caught in a sex scandal, her family claimed on Thursday.

The deceased woman, identified as 58-year-old Malti Verma, allegedly received a call from a scamster posing as a policeman on September 30. According to the family, the caller threatened to leak an obscene video involving her daughter if a payment of Rs 1 lakh was not made.

"Mother Malti Verma (58) was a government teacher at a Junior High School in Achhnera in Agra. On September 30, she got a Whatsapp call at 12 pm in which they said that her daughter was caught in a sex scandal and began threatening her for the future consequences of revealing her daughter's identity," Deepanshu Rajput, the deceased's son told news agency PTI.

Deepanshu said his mother then called to inform him about the development. "When I checked the phone number, I told my mother that it was a fraud call from cyber criminals," he said.

The teacher’s son said that after he spoke to his sister and found everything normal, he advised his mother not to worry as she had been a victim of cyber fraud.

“But she could not control her tension and her health deteriorated after that call," he added.

According to the family, Malti complained of chest pain and anxiety after returning from school and was rushed to a hospital where the doctors declared her dead due to cardiac arrest.

Jagdishpura police station in-charge Anandveer Singh told PTI that a complaint has been received in this regard from the family and action will be taken accordingly.