Former Delhi MP Naresh Gujral has been subjected to a major cyber fraud of ₹7.8 crore. Fraudsters posted his profile photo on WhatsApp and asked the company's CFO to transfer money via RTGS. The employee believed the instructions were from Naresh Gujral. ​​However, the police took immediate action and froze ₹4 crore.

A shocking cyber fraud case has come to light in Delhi. 78-year-old Naresh Gujral, son of the late Inder Kumar Gujral, a former Member of Parliament and India's 12th Prime Minister, has been defrauded. Police said the fraud occurred between June 12 and June 16, 2026, and resulted in the defrauding of ₹78 million (₹78 million). Police have stated that approximately ₹4 crore (₹40 million) of this substantial sum has been frozen.

Police said in a statement that fraudsters targeted Naresh Gujral's company via WhatsApp through its finance team. The fraudsters created a fake account with Naresh Gujral's profile picture to impersonate him. According to police, the fraudulent message was sent to a trusted employee of Naresh, asking for money to be transferred to the account via RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement).

Money requested through RTGS

Police said the employee, who had access to financial matters, was unaware that the message wasn't from Naresh. Upon questioning, the employee revealed that over the past four to five days, he had received four separate RTGS transfers, each involving crores of rupees. Police stated that this is the largest financial fraud case in Delhi.

Unaware that the message wasn't from his employer, who had been entrusted with financial access by the complainant, they made four separate RTGS transactions between June 12 and June 16, 2026, collectively worth crores of rupees. This is one of Delhi's biggest cyber frauds involving money. Naresh explained that he immediately reported the fraud to the Delhi cyber agency, which took immediate action and froze most of the funds, making it impossible to withdraw.

The bank had called the CFO before the transfer.

Naresh said that the bank called his Chief Financial Officer (CFO), but the CFO assumed he had given instructions, so he asked the bank to clear and complete the transaction. Police have stated that the case is currently under investigation and appropriate legal action will be taken soon to apprehend the fraudsters involved.

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