Ajmer: Scamsters created a fake WhatsApp account using the display photo and name of the District Collector of Ajmer, Lokbandhu, and demanded money from people known to him. After the incident came to light, Lokbandhu, appealed to people to block such numbers, and he also asked Ajmer SP Vandita Rana to investigate the matter.On Tuesday morning, people known to Lokbandhu informed him that they received a WhatsApp message from a different number in which Lokbandhu’s photo and name were shown. The number was international and demanded money with the promise to return it.The District Collector said that as soon as the matter came to his knowledge, he appealed to officials as well as to people to remain alert, not to respond to such messages, and to block the number. “I also informed the Ajmer SP for investigation,” said Lokbandhu. TNN
