India, June 19 -- Former Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral, son of former Prime Minister IK Gujral, was defrauded of Rs 7.8 crore over four days.

The cyber criminals created a WhatsApp account using his profile picture and convinced an employee at his company to transfer funds across four separate transactions.

The scam unravelled when his daughter, alerted to the unusual demands, confirmed with her father that he had issued no such instructions.

The fraud unfolded between June 12 and June 16. An unknown number, carrying Gujral's display picture, messaged a senior official in the financial division of his textile company with instructions to transfer money via Real-Time Gross Settlement to a specified bank account, citing urgent business re...