Bhubaneswar, July 17 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Odisha police on Thursday arrested two fraudsters on the charge of cheating Rs 1.56 crore from a woman in Odisha's Cuttack district on the pretext of higher returns in online gaming platforms.
The CID sleuths acted on a complaint filed by Mamata Rout (38), a native of Balisahi village under the Salipur police station jurisdiction of Cuttack, alleging that she was cheated to the tune of Rs 1.56 crore by the accused persons for wilful adoption of deceitful means and promise of high return on investment in different online gaming platforms, including world.net, bounty game in, bitcoin staking opportunity, ride BNB, and HAHM, between Feb 2024 to Feb 2025.
Preliminary inves...