Property dealer loses ₹4L to fake Diljit Dosanjh concert tickets, two booked

The accused took the victim's bank details after promising to invest his money on his behalf for lucrative returns

- Nikhil Sharma

MOHALI: Mohali police have booked a 30-year-old Indian Army sepoy for duping a naik posted with the army of ₹19 lakh on the pretext of conducting online investments. The accused has been identified as Rohit Saini of Phase-1, Mohali.

The 34-year-old victim, Naik Gursewak Singh of Gidderbaha and posted at Amritsar Cantt, told police that he met Saini in 2023.

The accused, according to the complainant, won his faith and convinced him to share his online banking passwords. "He said if I would share my banking passwords with him, he would invest in multiple online companies to earn monthly profits and also to avail double profit than the invested amount. When I told him about my poor financial condition, he said he would avail loans through my bank account and he himself would pay the installments. He further revealed that he was giving benefits to other soldiers of his regiment too," Singh stated.

After trusting Saini, Singh allowed him to use his bank accounts following which Saini took a ₹19-lakh loan from two banks, including one from the salary account of the victim, in May 2023.