Times News Network Ludhiana: A 32-year-old sales executive with an automobile company lost Rs 21.88 lakh to cyber criminals, who lured him with the opportunity to make generous profit on online investments. The victim claimed that he invested Rs 30,000 himself while the accused stole the rest of the money from his bank accounts.
The accused transferred the money into at least nine bank accounts. The victim, Abhishek Sehgal, 32, a resident of Aman Nagar near Jalandhar Bypass, filed a police complaint on Aug 16, 2023, following which the cyber crime police station registered a case under sections 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and Information Technology (IT) Act. Maharashtra Jharkhand Maharashtra Alliance View i Party View Seats: 288 Results Majority: 145 BJP+ 229 MVA 47 OTH 12 Results : 288 / 288 BJP+ WON Jharkhand Alliance View i Party View Seats: 81 Results Majority: 41 INDIA 56 NDA 24 OTH 1 Results : 81 / 81 INDIA WON Source: PValue The FIR was lodged against some persons and firms including- One Star metals, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Skylark properties of Pune, Maharashtra, Shubham Yadav, proprietor of Cokrun flute of Jaipur, Rajasthan, Basmati of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, Breakspot enterprises of Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, AD enterprises and Anand Kumar of Gurgaon, Zoya plastic and Bhavsar Seema Ganesh Bhai of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Sunita Patra of Berhampur in Odisha and Masi Rig services of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
They were booked as the accused tran.