India, Sept. 6 -- A 48-year-old man was allegedly duped of Rs.43.86 lakh in Noida's Sector 168 police said on Friday.

He was added to a WhatsApp group through a social media platform for stock market trading, they added.

A case of cheating against unidentified suspect was registered at the Cybercrime Branch police station on Thursday.

Police said the victim, who did not wish to be identified, is a resident of a high-rise in Noida, Sector 168.

The victim was added to a WhatsApp group through a social media platform on July 11 for share market trading. "After a fortnight, I was asked for trading to get guaranteed profit," the victim said in the FIR, adding, "Initially, I invested Rs.30,000, but gradually I made 25 transactions of Rs.43....