India, June 19 -- Naresh Gujral, son of former prime minister IK Gujral, was defrauded of Rs.7.68 crores by scammers who impersonated him and tricked his company's chief finance officer (CFO) into transferring the massive amount through at least four real-time gross settlement (RTGS) transactions last week.

After he filed a complaint, the case was handed to the Delhi Police's special cyber crime investigation unit, Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO), which has claimed to have frozen Rs.4.28 crore of the total amount so far, HT reported earlier.

"On the complaint of Naresh Gujral, an FIR was registered on June 16. Immediate action was taken and an amount of Rs.4.28 crore out of the total defrauded amount of Rs.7.68 crore...