Srinagar, May 22 -- The Court of Principal Sessions judge Ganderbal on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of four persons, including a woman, accused of defrauding people through the medium of playing online game and extracting crores of rupees from them.

The accused Rumaisa Jan, her father, Ghulam Nabi Shah and brother Shahnawaz Ahmad Shah, residents of Kangan Ganderbal and Aamir Bashir Magray of Bonizal Haripora Kangan Ganderbal had filed the bail plea, contending that they have not done any offence and their reputation will be maligned as they all belong to the same family.

The prosecution however said that poor and innocent individuals were dishonestly induced to invest their money with false promises of high returns, including claims o...