Man posing as NRI relative dupes Haryana man of 3 lakh, held from Bihar

Haryana Police Saturday arrested a fraudster from Bihar for allegedly duping Kurukshetra resident of Rs 3 lakh by posing as his relative from abroad.

As per the police, Hardeep Singh, a resident of Kurukshetra, received a call from a person posing as his NRI relative who asked him for money citing some emergency. Hardeep transferred Rs 3 lakh into that person’s bank account. “However, as he realised that he had been cheated, he immediately filed a complaint on the cybercrime portal following which the Cyber Police Station in Panchkula registered a case and started probe,” an official spokesperson said.