A gang of six people has been arrested for duping thousands of people to the tune of Rs 10 crore through around 125 websites of different companies, especially government subsidiaries. Among other things, the gang would lure people through social media on the pretext of giving distributorship for LPG. The mastermind of the gang is an IT engineer who would create the fake websites.

"The fraudsters have made 125 fake websites of companies such as Bajaj Finserv, Snapdeal, Naaptol, Reliance Power and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited," said Milind Bharambe, the joint commissioner of police (crime).