TNNLucknow: A Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has expressed concern over citizens being subjected to indefinite freezing of their bank accounts after their identities and personal details are misused by cybercriminals.The court has asked the central govt to devise a mechanism to address such cases, observing that citizens should not be left trapped in the aftermath of cybercrimes committed using their details.A division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi impleaded the Union ministry of home affairs in a petition filed by a builder whose bank accounts have remained frozen. The bench directed deputy solicitor general SB Pandey, appearing for the Union govt, to file a response. The matter will be heard after four weeks.The builder submitted that his son had clicked on a link sent by a cybercriminal and shared his Aadhaar and other personal information. The cybercriminal misused these details to commit further cyber frauds and dupe other citizens through bank transactions. Consequently, all the petitioner’s bank accounts were frozen, affecting his business operations.The petitioner had lodged an FIR in 2020. Earlier, he had approached the HC seeking de-freezing of one of his savings accounts. The court had then permitted him to approach UIDAI for cancellation of the old Aadhaar card and issuance of a fresh one. Subsequently, fresh biometrics were taken and his mobile number was changed. However, his bank accounts continued to remain frozen.The bench directed the banks concerned to contact the cyber cell authorities to ascertain the status of the cases and take appropriate action.The court further directed the petitioner to implead the additional chief secretary (home), Lucknow police commissioner and SHO Vibhuti Khand police station as parties to the proceedings.
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