A 64-year-old businessman from Naupada in Thane was cheated of Rs 1.25 crore in a cyber fraud involving callers impersonating Data Protection Board of India and Nashik police personnel, an official said on Saturday.

The complainant was cheated through calls he received between November 11 and December 3, the Naupada police station official added.

“He got a call from a man who identified himself as Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary of Data Protection Board of India based in Mumbai’s Khar area. He told the victim that a SIM card in his name was illegally issued in Nashik and used for threatening people. He was told that a case had been registered at Panchavati police station,” the official said.

“The victim then got calls from cyber criminals posing as Nashik police personnel. He was told that a ban

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