Mumbai, Sept. 30: 
Industrialist Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla has cheated off Rs 2.86 lakh as his ‘cloned' credit card was used to purchase jewellery and electronic gadgets in Bangalore when he was in Mumbai, police said today.
“An FIR was registered against the unidentified person/s under Section 420 of the India Penal Code and Section 66 CD of the Information Technology Act,” Mr Vasant Tajane, Senior Inspector at Worli police station here said.
According to the police, on September 24, Mr Birla's representative, Mr G. K. Tulsiyani, lodged a complaint stating that the credit card bill of Mr Birla showed that he had shopped in Bangalore for five days from September 15.Mr Tulsiyani said Mr Birla was in Mumbai between September 15 and 20. And the platinum card was with Mr Birla. So it is a case of using cloned credit card,” Mr Tajane said.