A youth was duped of Rs 60,000 by a woman, who had befriended him on the social networking site Facebook recently. The victim, an employee of a private educational institution in the Infocity area here, was cheated by the fraudster after being lured with nude photos and proposal of physical intimacy. Later, the youth lodged a police complaint in this connection. As per the FIR, the victim became friends with a girl and after regular chats and video calls between the two, the girl proposed to him for physical relation by luring him with her obscene photos.
The accused received Rs 60,000 from the victim in three instalments for this purpose. Later, she deleted her Facebook account and became incommunicable. On realising that he has been cheated; the victim left with no option, approached the police, who are investigating into the incident after registering a case under relevant section of the IPC.
