Mangaluru: 35-year-old man loses Rs 32 lakh in online investment fraud
Mangaluru: A 35-year-old man from Mangaluru has reported losing a total of Rs 32,06,880 to a cyber fraudster who posed as an online trading agent after befriending him on Facebook. The victim filed a police complaint, detailing how he was deceived over a span of several weeks.
According to the complaint, the man received a friend request on Facebook from a woman named Kavya Shetty on September 10. After accepting the request, the two began chatting, and Shetty introduced herself as a professional involved in trading operations in Mumbai. She convinced the complainant that he could earn significant profits by participating in online trading, as reported by Deccan Herald on Tuesday.
Subsequently, Shetty sent the victim a WhatsApp message with a link to a website, h5.capdynglobal.org, urging him to register. Upon clicking the link, the complainant was redirected to a trading platform called Capdyn Global, where he created an account by providing his personal details, including his name and email address.
Encouraged by an initial profit of Rs 9,504 from a Rs 40,000 investment, the victim continued to invest larger amounts. He made another deposit of Rs 2 lakh, which yielded a return of Rs 23,760, the report added.
Confident that the platform was legitimate, he proceeded to transfer substantial sums of money between September 13 and October 24. These transactions were made using UPI, IMPS, and RTGS methods, and were directed to various bank accounts provided by Shetty.
However, after transferring a total of Rs 32,06,880, the victim became suspicious and eventually realised that he had been duped.
A case has been registered at CEN police station.
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Four more arrested in brigadier assault case in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): Four more accused have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault on an Army brigadier, his son and threatening his wife in southwest Delhi's Vasant Enclave area, police said on Friday.
The accused have been identified as Surjit Singh (36), Sunil Sharma (53) and Ashish (32), all from Mehram Nagar in Delhi, and Satender (35) of Bhiwani in Haryana, police said.
According to police, Surjit Singh was known to the main accused Satender, a director of an aviation company. All of them were sitting together in Mehram Nagar when Satender called them regarding a quarrel in Vasant Enclave.
"Following the call, all four left for the spot in Surjit's white Hyundai Aura. After reaching there, they got involved in the altercation and assault before returning to their respective homes," a senior police officer said.
After learning about the registration of the case, the accused fled and went into hiding, he said.
"Teams were constituted to trace them and all four absconding accused were arrested," he said.
The Hyundai Aura used in the incident has also been recovered, police said.
Further investigation into the case is underway. The role of each accused is being examined, they said.
According to the investigators, the incident took place on the night of April 11, when the brigadier and his son objected to the two men allegedly consuming alcohol inside a car parked outside their residence. Soon, others reached the spot and allegedly assaulted the officer and his son, besides abusing and threatening his wife.
