Credit card of Kumar Mangalam Birla cloned, used for shopping

"An FIR in this regard was registered against the unidentified person/s under section 420 of the India Penal Code and section 66 CD of the Information Technology Act," Vasant Tajane, senior inspector at Worli police station said.

According to police, on September 24, Birla's representative G K Tulsiyani lodged a complaint at the police station stating that the credit card bill of Kumar Mangalam Birla showed that he went on shopping in Bangalore for five days from September 15.

"Tulsiyani stated that Birla was in Mumbai between September 15 and 20. And the platinum card was with Birla himself. So it is a case of using cloned credit card," Tajane said. The Police have formed a special team to crack the case and the city cops are in contact with their counterparts in Bangalore with regard to the case, he added.