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A youth living in the Khorabar Police Station area of ​​Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh was addicted to online gambling. In his desire to get rich as soon as possible, he lost 48 lakh rupees. Now on the road, he is making rounds of cyber police stations and pleading for his money back. The police have registered a case and are investigating.
Sandeep, who lived in the Khorabar Police Station area, was working in property dealing. He earned a lot from this work. But he got addicted to online gambling. He downloaded an app for online gambling and kept playing with the money. He kept losing this money gradually. In this way, a loss of 18 lakh rupees was incurred. However, his addiction did not end.
Gambling Rs.30 lakhs from uncle
Angered by his gambling, his wife went to her parents’ house. The family members also started abusing him. Even after this he did not stop gambling. When he could not resist, he took Rs 30 lakh from his uncle with the lure of double profit by investing the money in property. Gradually he also spent that money on gambling and that too was spent. In this way he lost a total of 48 lakh rupees. After which he came on the road. When it became difficult to get two meals a day, he went to the cyber police station and complained about being cheated.
Not only that, he appealed to the District Court and sent notices to around 200 bank branches. After the court notice, many banks withheld the remaining money. Police of Cyber ​​Station is also continuously cooperating in this operation. It is said that a total of eight lakh rupees were withheld by the banks on police and court instructions, which he got back, but he also spent that money on gambling.
Now again he stands in front of the cyber police station all day, watching the policemen coming and going and begging to get his full money back. I took 30 lakh rupees from my uncle in the name of giving double profit, that too is behind me. My wife has also left me. There is no way for me now. Anyway get our money back.
SP said
In this regard, SP Crime Sudhir Jaiswal said that the police is investigating Sandeep’s case. He sent money to 200 branches of different banks, but fraudsters withdrew money from most of these accounts. There are many banned gambling apps running on social media. It is reported and prevented as soon as we become aware of it. However, fraudsters change the name and create another app. People should avoid this by being alert themselves.
