- By Anushka Vats
- Fri, 04 Oct 2024 07:42 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
An Uttar Pradesh government school teacher died of a heart attack after she was allegedly told that her daughter was caught in a sex scandal by some scamsters, according to the claims made by her family. The fraudsters who dialled her and lied about her daughter, had allegedly threatened the teacher and demanded Rs lakh to not disclose the matter on September 30.
"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 son of the deceased told PTI.
He further said that the caller posed as police inspector. When his mother told him about the call, he checked the number and told the deceased that it was a fraud call from cyber criminals.
He also talked to his sister and after speaking to her he found that things were normal. He told his mother that there was nothing to worry about as the call was fake and she had fallen prey to cyber fraud. After that I also talked to my sister and found everything normal. I asked my mother not to worry because she was a victim of cyber fraud, but she could not control her tension and her health deteriorated after that call, he said.
"As she returned home after school, she also complained of chest pain and anxiety. When her health began deteriorating, we took her to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead due to cardiac arrest," he added.
(With inputs from agency)