Delhi Police arrests 7 for robbing student at gunpoint after luring him with fake crypto deal

NEW DELHI: (Feb 26) Seven members of an armed gang, including its kingpin, have been arrested for allegedly robbing a college student at gunpoint after he was lured through a fake cryptocurrency deal in west Delhi’s Paschim Vihar, police said on Thursday.

The complainant, a B.Tech student of a government college in Dwarka, recently received a scholarship of Rs 2 lakh and planned to invest in cryptocurrency.

He contacted a social media account offering USDT at discounted rates and fixed a meeting, police said.