{"id":24094,"date":"2026-06-20T10:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/fraudsters-impersonate-icar-chief-to-seek-donations-fir-registered-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T10:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:23:35","slug":"fraudsters-impersonate-icar-chief-to-seek-donations-fir-registered-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/fraudsters-impersonate-icar-chief-to-seek-donations-fir-registered-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraudsters impersonate ICAR chief to seek donations; FIR registered | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-47529300,imgsize-110164,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/47529300.jpg\" alt=\"Fraudsters impersonate ICAR chief to seek donations; FIR registered\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">New Delhi:<\/span> Police have launched an investigation after receiving a complaint that fraudsters sought donations for a senior scientist\u2019s wife\u2019s heart transplant by circulating emails from a forged ID in the name of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) director general.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>According to the complaint, unknown persons created the email ID and impersonated the secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and director general of ICAR.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The fraud came to light on June 4, when several ICAR employees and scientists alerted the official that emails were being circulated in his name seeking financial assistance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The email claimed that \u201cone of our senior scientists needs our help\u201d and stated that the scientist\u2019s wife was suffering from a critical heart disease requiring a heart transplant. <!-- -->Recipients were told that those willing to contribute should respond, following which bank account details would be provided.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>In the complaint, filed by the senior principal private secretary to the secretary, DARE, and DG, ICAR, it was alleged that the communication was designed to appear as an official request.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The complainant sought action against those responsible for creating a fake electronic identity, impersonating a senior govt official and attempting to cheat recipients using forged communication.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>The case was transferred from Kartavya Path police station to the Cyber Police Station in New Delhi district.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>An FIR was registered on June 13 under Sections 204 (personating a public servant), 319 (cheating by personation) and 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Police are working to identify those behind the email account, trace its digital footprint and determine if any financial loss occurred.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/fraudsters-impersonate-icar-chief-to-seek-donations-fir-registered\/articleshow\/131864877.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Police have launched an investigation after receiving a complaint that fraudsters sought donations for a senior scientist\u2019s wife\u2019s heart transplant by circulating emails from a forged ID in the name of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) director general.According to the complaint, unknown persons created the email ID and impersonated the secretary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}