As per complaint, the accused had transferred the amount to the account of his brother, Varun Kumar, his wife, and his friends, Jatinder Singh and Rashid. It has been alleged that he received an approximate amount of Rs 7,78,631.
The victim had filed a complaint with the Sector-17 police station, alleging that the woman and her friends duped him. Probe revealed that it was not a woman but the accused, Puneet, had created a fake Facebook profile in the name of a woman to dupe people and another accused, Rajesh Kumar, went to collect money from the victim. Both the accused are residents of Haridwar.
A woman and her friends reportedly duped a man from Nepal of Rs 3 lakh on the pretext of calling him to Canada. The victim has filed a complaint with Sector-17 police station in Chandigarh.