Woman Wanted Wedding Gifts From "Brothers" She Met On Instagram. Loses Rs 2 Lakh

The woman met three men on Instagram, who gained her trust and convinced her to consider them as her brothers. They then trapped her in a fraudulent scheme.

A woman was allegedly duped of Rs 2 lakh by three 'brothers' on Instagram after the latter befriended her, the police said. In the first such case, cyber fraudsters promised the woman wedding gifts from "brothers" and trapped her in a fraudulent scheme.

The victim, Salma (name changed) of Indiranagar, told the police that on April 22, she came across three men on Instagram named Ravi Kumar, Rana Pratap Singh, and Manoj.

The men gained her trust and convinced her to consider them as her brothers.