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A case of fraud of Rs 1 crore 36 lakh 93 thousand has come to light with a person from Malout through WhatsApp group. A case has been registered by Cyber Crime Sri Muktsar Sahib on the complaint of a victim of fraud. As per the information, Ramandeep Gupta, resident of Malout, who is a government employee, received a message on his WhatsApp mobile number 84274-00606 on 30.7.2024 to join a WhatsApp group Bajaj Vijay Discussion Group and website link. When they joined the group, a trading account was opened with their Aadhar card and PAN card and UID number was also given. Similarly, Ramandeep also opened an account in the name of his wife Jyoti. Initially he deposited Rs 1 lakh in this account, then there was a lot of profit on the website. To maintain this profit, he was asked by the side manager to invest more money, otherwise he was threatened with losing the money.
Ramandeep told that the group manager had deposited Rs 1 crore 36 lakh 93 thousand from him in different bank accounts, then Rs 2 crore 51 lakh 29 thousand 811 was visible in his account. Meanwhile, Ramandeep needed some money and whenever he tried to withdraw the money, the transaction failed. When he contacted the site manager, he asked him to deposit 30 percent income tax of the total amount i.e. Rs 40 lakh. When he did not deposit the amount, they closed his account. In this way he has come to know about the fraud done to him. On this he complained to the District Police Chief, after which a case has been registered against unknown people in Cyber Crime Sri Muktsar Sahib Police Station and investigation has been started.