Chhattisgarh Doctor loses Rs 1 crore in investment fraud

Kanker: A recent fraud case has come to light in Kanker district, where a senior doctor allegedly lost Rs 1 crore after being cheated by a man who promised to double his money in a year through a fake investment scheme.

According to the police, the doctor in charge of the malaria department at the district hospital gave around Rs 75 lakh through online transactions and Rs 25 lakh in cash to the accused, who is currently on the run.

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The scam began when the accused, a resident of Sanjay Nagar, used to visit the doctor regularly for his wife's treatment. Over time, he gained the doctor's trust and claimed to be an employee of a company based in Kolkata.

One day, he informed the doctor about an investment scheme where money invested would double in a year. In this way, he convinced the doctor to invest money with the promise that the amount would be doubled in one year.

Trusting him, the doctor gave him the money, but he realised that his money had not doubled. Realising that he was duped, the doctor informed his family, and his daughter then approached the Kotwali police station and filed a complaint.

Following the complaint, the police registered a case against the accused, who is now on the run. A search has been launched to arrest him, reports NDTV Hindi.

Medical Dialogues had previously reported that the Crime Branch of Odisha Police arrested three people from West Bengal for allegedly cheating a doctor of Rs 6.04 crore by luring him with promises of high returns on stock market investments. The accused were identified as 53-year-old Ashok Nanda from Siliguri, 38-year-old Jayarani Basak from Kolkata and 28-year-old Tapas Halder from Ultadanga.

According to the Police, Ashok runs a hotel business. Both were arrested and brought to Odisha for further investigation. The doctor transferred over Rs 6 crore from eight different bank accounts belonging to him and his associates over a period of just 3.5 months. The money was deposited into 22 bank accounts.

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