It all started with an alleged WhatsApp notification. A woman’s name appeared on 50-year-old Indrapal Chauhan’s mobile screen, he told police. What followed were recommendations for him to invest in the share market.

She allegedly spoke of opportunities, of the booming world of online trading, of profits that sounded too good. Soon, he said, he was added to a WhatsApp group. He then claimed to have received a link on the group to download an application for online trading. He downloaded the app.

Initially, the gains seemed real as he was able to withdraw Rs 9 lakh from the profits. But within 12 days, Singh, a Noida-based engineering consultant, was allegedly duped of nearly Rs 12 crore in an investment-related cyber fraud, said police.

The Noida Police on Wednesday registered an FIR ag

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