Itanagar, Oct 17 (PTI) A man was arrested in Dehradun by the Arunachal Pradesh Police for allegedly duping several people of Rs 46.27 lakh through a fake investment scheme and brought to the northeastern state, an officer said on Friday.

A police team led by sub-inspector R P Singh, assisted by head constables Kanto Samyor and Lham Tsering, successfully tracked and apprehended the accused on October 13 after a month of continuous surveillance across Uttarakhand and Delhi, he said.

The accused, who claimed to be a core team member and North East in-charge of a company that allegedly ran the investment scheme, had been operating in Naharlagun since early 2023, the Arunachal Pradesh police officer said.

He lured people by promising them high returns from the company's "business operations"

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