Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police recently arrested a woman from Delhi on the charge of duping a resident of Bhubaneswar of Rs 87 lakh. The accused had gained trust of the victim and made him to invest the money in multiple transactions which was actually an online fraud. The accused woman has been identified as Vandana Bawa, a resident of South Delhi. As per reports, the cyber unit of Crime Branch recently arrested the accused woman from Delhi for her alleged involvement in an investment fraud of Rs 87 lakh. Reportedly, on the basis of a complaint lodged by a resident of Shailashree Vihar, Bhubaneswar, a case was registered last year on February 23 about an online fraud. The victim, an employee of a private firm, was added to an unknown WhatsApp group named ‘101 Stock Discussion Group’. The person who introduced him to the group identified himself as a professor. The accused then allegedly convinced the victim to register on two online sites on the pretext of providing stock trading tips, IPO guidance, and investment strategies. The fraudsters gradually gained trust of the victim and allegedly persuaded him to deposit a total amount of Rs 87 lakh in IndusInd, PNB and other banks through multiple transactions on different dates in January last year. However, through NCRP platform the inquiring officers found that the same bank accounts of the accused were also used in at least two other cyber fraud cases in Kerala and Gujarat. Later, the investigating team lead by additional SP Ritesh Kumar Mohapatra camped in Delhi, and finally arrested Bawa for her alleged involvement in the fraud. She was then produced in a court in Saket and as the Court allowed she was brought to Odisha on transit remand. A number of incriminating articles have been seized from her possession. Police are now trying to bust the entire racket of online fraudsters involved in this case.