Man duped of Rs 70 lakh on pretext of job

A resident of Sector 43 was allegedly duped of about Rs 70 lakh on the pretext of being provided an income for liking videos on social media. An FIR was registered at the Cybercrime (East) police station on Thursday.

According to the complaint filed by Akshay Yadav, on February 27, a girl named Akanksha got in touch with him on the Telegram app with a job offer. Soon after, he was promised a job in an online travel company.

“They sent a link and asked me to register on it. After registering, Rs 1,200 was credited in my account, following which the task of liking and rating videos was given to me.