<p>New Delhi: A 34-year-old B. Tech dropout was arrested for allegedly duping a man of Rs 7.48 lakh on the pretext of online <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/investment">investment</a>, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>During the investigation, police found transactions to the tune of Rs 7.35 crore in the account of the accused, they identified as Ankit Gupta.</p>.<p>He was also found to have 12 complaints registered against him on the Ministry of Home Affairs portal.</p>.Rs 20,000 crore bank fraud: ED raids premises of Amtek Group.<p>"On April 26, complainant Dhan Singh Negi filed an NCRP complaint stating that he came in touch with a woman on April 10, who lured him to earn extra income by spending a few hours," Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Rohit Meena said.</p>.<p>The complainant was added to an online messaging app group and was cheated of Rs 7.48 lakh in the name of investment and good returns, the DCP said.</p>.<p>Gupta was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district on June 13.</p>.<p>Gupta, during questioning, disclosed that he in connivance with an accomplice of his registered four fake firms in his name and opened bank accounts to defraud people.</p>.<p>His accomplice, a Delhi resident, is still at large and raids are being conducted to nab him, police said.</p>.<p>Gupta dropped out of a BTech Computer Science course he was doing at a Ghaziabad college.</p>.<p>"With his arrest, three cyber fraud-related cases of Bijnor, Jhansi and Delhi have been worked out," said DCP Meena. </p>
<p>New Delhi: A 34-year-old B. Tech dropout was arrested for allegedly duping a man of Rs 7.48 lakh on the pretext of online <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/investment">investment</a>, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>During the investigation, police found transactions to the tune of Rs 7.35 crore in the account of the accused, they identified as Ankit Gupta.</p>.<p>He was also found to have 12 complaints registered against him on the Ministry of Home Affairs portal.</p>.Rs 20,000 crore bank fraud: ED raids premises of Amtek Group.<p>"On April 26, complainant Dhan Singh Negi filed an NCRP complaint stating that he came in touch with a woman on April 10, who lured him to earn extra income by spending a few hours," Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Rohit Meena said.</p>.<p>The complainant was added to an online messaging app group and was cheated of Rs 7.48 lakh in the name of investment and good returns, the DCP said.</p>.<p>Gupta was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district on June 13.</p>.<p>Gupta, during questioning, disclosed that he in connivance with an accomplice of his registered four fake firms in his name and opened bank accounts to defraud people.</p>.<p>His accomplice, a Delhi resident, is still at large and raids are being conducted to nab him, police said.</p>.<p>Gupta dropped out of a BTech Computer Science course he was doing at a Ghaziabad college.</p>.<p>"With his arrest, three cyber fraud-related cases of Bijnor, Jhansi and Delhi have been worked out," said DCP Meena. </p>