A senior citizen in Ahmedabad was duped of ₹21 lakh under the false promise of profit from investing in cryptocurrency.

Dilip Sindhe, a resident of Thaltej, Ahmedabad, saw an advertisement on Facebook in March. Through the advertisement he contacted Rajdeep Sharma, who informed Sindhe that he had a company offering good profits on investments in the stock market and cryptocurrency.

Sharma then added Sindhe to a WhatsApp group where he provided tips for investing in the stock market. Following this, Sindhe invested ₹21 lakh in cryptocurrency through a link given by Sharma, where he was shown a profit of ₹1.25 crore.

However, when Sindhe tried to transfer the supposed profit into his account, he was unable to do so and realised that he had been duped out of his money.

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