Sri Vijaya Puram | November 9, 2026
A resident of Birdline, Sri Vijaya Puram, has allegedly misplaced ₹90,000 in a cyber fraud after putting in a brief video utility on his cell phone. The Cyber Crime Police Station has registered an FIR within the case below Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
According to the grievance, the sufferer had unknowingly put in an utility named ‘TUBY’ from Google in September 2026 to observe quick movies. He uninstalled the appliance after two days. However, between September 29 and 30, his cell phone reportedly started hanging regularly, and a number of other functions stopped functioning correctly, together with Google Pay.
On September 30, at round 10:00 AM, when he opened Google Pay, a message stating “Google device is updating” appeared inside a minute, following which the cell phone turned fully unresponsive.
At round 10:10 AM, he checked the Google Pay utility and found that ₹90,000 had been debited by means of 4 transactions to an unknown recipient. The transactions included debits of ₹39,000, ₹30,000, ₹11,000 and ₹10,000.
Suspecting that his cell phone had been compromised, he approached the Cyber Crime Police Station and lodged a grievance on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal on October 1, 2026.
The FIR was registered on October 1.
