India, Oct. 15 -- An X user's post explaining why he refused to lend Rs.15 lakh to a friend who lost money in the stock market has gone viral, sparking debate online about the risks of following unverified investment advice.

Taking to X, the man wrote that his old friend called him asking to borrow Rs.15 lakh. "I got shocked as it's a big amount," he said, adding that he asked for the reason. The friend revealed that he had broken his fixed deposit (FD) and sold a piece of land earlier this year to invest in the stock market after a YouTuber claimed that equities yield higher returns than traditional investments like FDs or property.

"The FD was done by his father for the marriage of his sister," he wrote, adding that the friend's inves...