India, Oct. 21 -- An 80-year-old man was duped of nearly Rs.82 lakh using a deep fake video of union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, said the police. For the victim who was battling cancer, the news of the fraud was the last straw, and he succumbed to his disease on October 8 soon after he found out that he had been duped.

The police said that the man and his 76-year-old wife had lived in Chembur for the past 45 years. The man had retired from his job 20 years ago, and the couple lived on their savings, while their son had moved to the United Kingdom with his wife, and would visit occasionally.

According to the police, In July, the victim had received a call from the cyber frauds asking him to invest in a trading platform. The accu...