LUCKNOW, April 13 -- A Lucknow resident lost over Rs.11 lakh in an alleged cyber fraud after a single SMS alert exposed unauthorised transactions, triggering a legal battle that has now led to the registration of an FIR. The victim, Kumar Vikram, alleged that Rs.11.05 lakh was siphoned off from his bank account through multiple transactions in June 2024. He said that despite promptly informing the bank, no immediate action was taken, forcing him to move court. On the directions of the court, an FIR under Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2008, was registered at the Jankipuram police station on Saturday (April 11), naming the manager and other employees of a private bank's Jankipuram branch, along with unidentified persons. According to the FIR, the fraud came to light on June 20, 2024, when Vikram received an SMS at 2:18 pm alerting him to a Rs.5 lakh transfer he had not authorised. "On contacting customer care, Vikram found that transactions of Rs.3.50 lakh, Rs.1.50 lakh and Rs.5,000 had already been carried out a day earlier. Further debits of Rs.5 lakh and Rs.6 lakh were made the same day, taking the total to Rs.11.05 lakh," Jankipuram SHO Vinod Kr Tiwari quoted the complainant as alleging in the FIR....