LUCKNOW, Dec. 29 -- A 30-year-old doctor from Indira Nagar allegedly lost nearly Rs.2.9 lakh to cyber fraudsters who posed as police officers, threatened to make an objectionable video of him viral and warned of arrest, Lucknow police said.

Station house officer (SHO) Ghazipur Rajesh Kumar Maurya said a probe has been initiated and efforts are on to trace the callers and the bank accounts used in the alleged fraud.

The incident occurred between December 24-26, with an FIR (first information report) registered under Section 318 (4) (cheating) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Sunday.

Dr Haridas Bhartiya, a resident of Indira Nagar Sector-16, received a call from an unknown number on December 24. "The caller introduced himself as a pol...