Jagran correspondent, Kanpur. Cyber thugs cheated Rs 1.25 crore from a grocery businessman of Kidwai Nagar. The fraudsters kept transferring money to them for two years on the pretext of giving them higher dividends for investing in the share market.
Not only this, a young man also came to the house and after talking to his superior, threatened him and took away two lakh rupees and an affidavit. The victim has filed a case in the cyber crime police station under fraud and IT Act.
Prashant Gupta, resident of Kidwai Nagar block, has a wholesale grocery business. According to him, the call came to him in November 2023. He was lured by high dividends on investing in the stock market. After this, join the WhatsApp group and share attractive offers.
Falling into their trap, he started investing. Meanwhile some dividends were also received. From November 2021 to November 2025, he transferred Rs 1.25 crore to various bank accounts.
If there was a higher dividend, an attempt was made to withdraw it and then it was said that the money would be withdrawn after further investment. When in doubt, when they asked for their money back, the group members started saying that the money had been lost. On November 10, a young man named Saurabh came to his house.
He said that his senior Chandrakant Rathore wanted to talk. He made Chandrakant talk to him through his mobile. The person said send two lakh rupees to my account and give an affidavit. He threatened to face consequences if he refused.
He got nervous due to this and transferred the money to the account. Saurabh got him to sign a stamp paper and paper and left after writing something. After this he filed a case in the cyber crime police station.
Police station in-charge Satish Chandra Yadav said that investigation is being done. A team has been deployed to investigate what was written in the affidavit and to which accounts the money was sent.
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