Computer dealer duped of ₹6.5 lakh

The constabulary are connected the lookout for an unidentified idiosyncratic who cheated a 38-year-old machine trader successful Coimbatore of ₹6.5 lakh, by promising him a bulk bid for a defence canteen. The trader complained to the cybercrime constabulary that an unidentified antheral contacted him and posed arsenic a procurement typical for the defence canteen successful the metropolis successful April this year. The impostor placed an bid for 30 computers, pursuing which helium went to Red Fields to present the machines connected April 15. When the complainant contacted the impostor, helium was told to wage ₹6.50 lakh arsenic Goods and Services Tax successful beforehand and assured of getting a refund aft the last outgo for the computers. Trusting the stranger, the trader transferred the magnitude and got duped of the cash, said the police.

Published - May 25, 2026 09:37 p.m. IST