Mohali, March 17 -- Mohali police have booked a 30-year-old Indian Army sepoy for duping a naik posted with army of Rs.19 lakh on pretext of conducting online investments. The accused has been identified as Rohit Saini of Phase-1, Mohali.

The 34 year-old victim, Naik Gursewak Singh of Gidderbaha and posted at Amritsar Cantt, told police that he met Saini in 2023.

The accused, according to the complainant, won his faith and convinced him to share his online banking passwords. "He said if I would share my banking passwords with him, he would invest in multiple online companies to earn monthly profits and also to avail double profit than the invested amount. When I told him about my poor financial condition, he said he would avail loans th...