Lured with 1000 per cent returns in 100 days, IT engineer loses Rs 96 lakh in share trading fraud

A 31-year-old information technology (IT) engineer lost over Rs 96 lakh allegedly to online share trading fraud after he was lured with a promise of 1,000 per cnt returns on his investments in the stock market.

He fell for the scam after he clicked on a social media link and was added to a phone messenger group.