Chandigarh, June 17 -- The cybercrime police have arrested three persons from Mumbai for allegedly duping a city resident of over Rs.14 lakh through a vehicle auction scam, operated through a WhatsApp group.

Those arrested have been identified are Kunal Sanjay Bhai Talasaniya, 23, Ajay Manubhai Jhamuriya, 19, and Ronit Kamlesh Jadhav, 21, all from Mumbai. Complainant Gurdial Singh said he received a link from an unknown number through which he got himself added to a WhatsApp group named "Bank Auction Vehicle Group". In that group, someone claimed that two cars were parked at vehicle yards in Haridwar (Uttarakhand) and Jammu for sale.

Having cross-verified the vehicle locations with his sources, Singh proceeded to transfer Rs.14,13,890 i...