Rs 95 lakh gone, Delhi Police call saves Pune doctor from losing Rs 1.59 crore

4 min readPuneJul 28, 2026 02:46 PM IST The Pune doctor was lured through a social media ad, shown fabricated profits on fake trading platforms, and persuaded to transfer increasingly larger sums before being denied access to his money. (Image generated using AI)A call from the Delhi Cyber Crime Cell—which could easily have sounded like the beginning of a digital arrest fraud—has saved a senior Pune ophthalmologist from transferring Rs 1.59 crore to fraudsters, after he had already lost Rs 95 lakh in a share‑trading scam. According to the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Pune cyber police on July 26, the 50‑year‑old doctor was lured into the racket through a Facebook advertisement promising unusually high returns on stock market investments. The advertisement claimed users