Kanpur: A youth from Dada Nagar was allegedly duped of Rs 15.21 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him with the promise of hefty returns through online share trading.The victim, Arpit Gupta, lodged a complaint at Kidwai Nagar police station.In his complaint, Gupta alleged that a woman identified as Aditi Sharma contacted him on social media and persuaded him to invest in online share trading by promising high returns.He said that following repeated persuasion by the accused, he transferred a total of Rs 15,21,320 to different bank accounts as directed by her. The victim realised he had been defrauded when he neither received any returns nor got back his principal amount.During the investigation, police found that Rs 4.50 lakh had been transferred to a suspected account in IndusInd Bank held in the name of Ratan Kapoor, a resident of Saket Nagar.The inquiry further revealed that five cybercrime complaints linked to the account have already been registered in different states and that around Rs 94 lakh in suspected fraud proceeds was deposited into it.Police said the gang’s organised network and transactions through the bank accounts are being thoroughly investigated.
