Ahmedabad: An unemployed man hoping to make some money on the stock market has lost close to Rs 26,000 in a scam. Dahya Prajapati, 35, and a resident of Asarwa, was allegedly lured into a Telegram group on Jan 22. The group claimed to offer daily profits through stock market investments. Prajapati told police in his complaint filed on Sunday that he contacted the mobile number shared in the group. He was allegedly asked to transfer Rs 25,000 to a UPI ID, promising returns the next day.He got no response to his follow-ups until Feb 18, when he was told to pay Rs 999 to withdraw his investment and profits. Trusting the claim, Prajapati transferred the amount to another UPI ID. When the same pattern of no response was repeated, Prajapati approached the cybercrime helpline before filing a formal complaint. Police have registered a case of online cheating and have initiated an investigation to trace the accused through the mobile number and UPI transactions.
