New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- An 82-year-old man in Bengaluru was duped of Rs.3.49 lakh in the name of verifying the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) form. The SIR, or the revision of the electoral roll/voter list, is currently underway in several states, including Karnataka.

Fraudsters who posed as Election Commission of India (ECI) officials tricked R Parthasarathy (82) into downloading a fake verification form under SIR.

R Parthasarathy, a resident of Rustum Bagh in east Bengaluru, reportedly received a phone call from a person who claimed to be an ECI official.

The caller told him that his SIR form verification was incomplete and needed to be completed immediately to avoid any issue with his voter registration, the Deccan Herald reported. ...