Bhubaneswar: A fraud posing as senior IAS officer Pradeep Kumar Jena, is asking money from people. The imposter has created a Whats App account on a number (7320937877) and seeking financial favours.
Jena, Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Development Commissioner of Odisha, has reported the matter on Twitter. In a series of Tweets, Jena stated:
“Someone using my photograph in the WhatsApp profile is sending WhatsApp messages to some people asking for financial help. I would like to inform all that the mobile number 7320937877 from which such messages are being sent doesn’t belong to me.”
“It is a fake WhatsApp account set up in my name to possibly defraud people. You are hereby requested to not act on any such request for financial favours. I shall never request anyone for financial help.”
“I hope, all my friends and all well wishers take note of this and in case they receive any such messages,” he added.
The senior bureaucrat has also requested police to take action against the fraud.
“I’m also asking Cyber Crime Police of Odisha Govt to immediately initiate a criminal case and find out the thug and take stern action to prevent such fraudulent WhatsApp messages,” he said.
