India, Nov. 5 -- Police have registered a case against four persons for allegedly impersonating Cyber Crime Department officials and cheating a man of Rs 50,000 in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar, officials said.

An official said police received a complaint alleging that four persons posed as officials of the Cyber Crime Department and fraudulently took Rs 50,000 from the complainant.

Following the complaint, an FIR (No. 139/2026) under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered at Police Station Batmaloo, the official said.

Further investigation into the case is underway, he added.

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