Fake fundraiser irks Prasant's family, complaint lodged

STILL struggling to cope with the loss of Prasant Satpathy, who fell victim to terrorists in Pahalgam on April 22, his family now seems to be confronted with the challenge of a crowdfunding scam.

- ASISH MEHTA @ Bhubaneswar

Sushant, the elder brother of Prasant, has lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime and Economic Offence police station in Balasore alleging that some people have started a fake fundraising campaign on social media platforms and are collecting money in the name of helping the terror victim's family.

Prasant's family came to know about a Facebook user who had started a fundraising campaign using the victim's name without their knowledge. The user had reportedly shared a mobile phone number and requested people to transfer money through UPI.