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A 25-year-old man, driven by jealousy and resentment towards his stepbrother, allegedly defrauded his own father of over Rs 26 lakh by exploiting his digital inexperience, an official said on Sunday.

According to police, the accused, Shivam Sharma, executed the fraud over four months after stealing the SIM card linked to his 68-year-old father’s bank account.

The victim, a retired parking operator from Azadpur Mandi, had trusted his son to manage his online banking due to his poor health and limited digital literacy, officials said.

“Harbouring anger after his father handed over the family’s parking business to his son from his first marriage, Sharma devised a plan to misappropriate his father’s savings. On March 23, while his father was attending the last rit

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