Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Nine Cyber Fraud Cases Reported in Bhopal Within 24 Hours
Bad people used the internet to trick many people in a city called Bhopal.
In just one day, nine people told the police that they had been cheated out of their money.
The trickers made up fake jobs and services to steal money.
Three young people from an area called Piplani lost almost ₹1.57 lakh together.
One young person clicked a link about an internship and ended up losing ₹1.68 lakh.
They were told to do small tasks like rating hotels and pay a little money first, but the trickers took much more.
When the person asked for a refund, the trickers blocked them.
Another older man was threatened by someone pretending to work for the power company, who said his electricity would be cut off.
The police registered the cases and are looking into what happened.
Nine cyber fraud cases were reported in Bhopal within the last 24 hours, with victims losing thousands of rupees, police officials said on Thursday.
Three Piplani youths were defrauded of about ₹1.57 lakh combined: Rajaram Singh lost ₹31,295, Ankit Sahu lost ₹36,000, and Pankaj Kumar lost ₹90,000.
Anshul Vaskale (23) of Bag Sewania lost ₹1.68 lakh after clicking an internship link while watching reels, later being assigned hotel-rating tasks on a Telegram group.
A fraudster posing as a central discom official threatened Kailash Chandra Saxena (76) of Misrod with power disconnection and cheated him of ₹96,000.
Other victims were duped through fake vehicle registration, goods-booking, and loan arrangement schemes, and police registered cases after victims approached cyber police.
- Who
- Nine victims in Bhopal including Rajaram Singh (21), Ankit Sahu (31), Pankaj Kumar (27), Anshul Vaskale (23), Kailash Chandra Saxena (76), Lakhan Prajapati, Amit Kumar, Rajnikant Mishra, and Santosh Kumar Parmar; police officials reported the cases.
- What
- Nine cyber fraud cases were reported within 24 hours, with victims duped of thousands of rupees through scams involving fake internships, impersonation of a discom official, vehicle registration, goods-booking, and loan arrangements.
- When
- Within the last 24 hours, reported by police officials on Thursday.
- Where
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, including the areas of Piplani, Misrod, Vijay Nagar, Chandbad, and Bag Sewania.
- Why
- Fraudsters used various deceptive pretexts, including job links and official impersonation, to gain victims' trust and extract money transfers.
- Location
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- Cases Reported
- 9 cyber fraud cases within 24 hours
- Piplani Youths' Combined Loss
- ₹1.57 lakh
- Largest Individual Loss
- ₹1.68 lakh (Anshul Vaskale, internship link scam)
- Elderly Victim's Loss
- ₹96,000 (Kailash Chandra Saxena, discom official impersonation)
- Other Reported Losses
- ₹1.11 lakh (Lakhan Prajapati), ₹70,000 (Amit Kumar), ₹35,300 (Rajnikant Mishra), ₹54,000 (Santosh Kumar Parmar)
- Police Response
- Piplani police registered cases; victims approached cyber police