Maharashtra: Nagpur man duped of Rs 42.55 lakh in online fraud

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A man from Nagpur allegedly lost Rs 42.55 lakh to an online fraud, wherein the cyber fraudsters lured him to perform various tasks to make money.

According to the police, the victim is an IT professional. The matter came to light this week when the victim approached the Cyber police station with a complaint.

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The police registered an offence under section 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology (IT) Act.

"Praful Ragrao Gondekar (30) received a link for an online part-time job on WhatsApp and he was added to a chat group named 'LY online trading D101', which had 35 members," the police said.

"Gondekar was informed on chat that the members had profited significantly from the investments they made. The fraudsters encouraged him to register on a website by promising him substantial profits," the official said.

Gondekar registered himself on the website, but could not make any money.

"He was asked to perform several such tasks since June, but he lost money each time he failed to complete the work," the police added.

According to the complaint, Gondekar lost Rs 42.55 lakh to cyber fraudsters in two months.

A probe is underway, said the police.

Meanwhile, the Maharashtra ATS has arrested a Bangladeshi man in Nagpur, where he was found residing illegally for more than a decade - initially as a Buddhist monk and then as a gym trainer - and also operating a racket to help people from his country obtain Indian passport fraudulently, an official said.

(with inputs from PTI)