TIRUCHY: A Thanjavur-based IT firm employee lost Rs 57 lakh through online trading, and the Cyber Crime police registered a case, froze five bank accounts on Tuesday.

Rajesh Kumar (34), an IT firm employee from Thanjavur working in Bangalore, received a call on his WhatsApp on August 28, 2025, in which the caller offered him a huge return on his deposit. So, he downloaded a particular App which was sent by the caller and entered a sum and tested the app, and soon he received an instant incentive of Rs 4,000.

Subsequently, Rajseh Kumar started depositing money, and thus, 19 times, he deposited a sum of Rs 57.03 lakh. After depositing the money, he did not receive any call or message from the caller. When Rajesh Kumar attempted to call, the phone was switched off. Only then, he realise that he had been cheated. He complained to the Thanjavur Cyber Crime police, who registered a case and started an investigation.

As a part of the investigation and action, the police froze five accounts in which he had sent money, and they could block a sum of Rs 2.50 lakh and the accounts belonging to Gujarat, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Further investigations are on.