Engineer loses Rs 4.46 lakh in work-from-home scam

Police said an engineer from eastern Bengaluru lost Rs 4.46 lakh after falling victim to an online work-from-home scam on Friday. The Ramamurthy Nagar resident joined a WhatsApp group on September 21 that offered such jobs. She transferred Rs 4.46 lakh to the scammers and filed an online cybercrime complaint on September 25. Police registered an FIR under Sections 66C and 66D of the Information Technology Act, along with Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).