Cops tracking miscreants for fake email ID of Archbishop

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: An FIR has been registered by the Cyber Crime Police in the city against unknown miscreants for allegedly creating fake email ID in the name of Bengaluru Archbishop, Peter Machado.

According to sources, a complaint was filed by the administrative office of the Archbishop in the matter following which the Bengaluru East Division police have launched a probe to track down and identify the accused.

As per the complaint, the accused had created the ID in October last year and were sending mails to people in the congregation and the community with misleading information and also demanding money.

Many people have responded to the mail and one of them has also been cheated financially, said the police. More details are yet to emerge as the investigation is still underway.