Whatsapp Group On Stock Tips

A 48-year-old businessman - a coaching class owner in Maharashtra's Thane district - was cheated of more than Rs 1.88 crore in a share trading scam that started with the membership of a WhatsApp group, police said today.

Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, sharing an image on the social media platform X promoting a WhatsApp group to join for stock tips, said it was a scam.

A 48-year-old businessman - a coaching class owner in Maharashtra's Thane district - was cheated of more than Rs 1.88 crore in a share trading scam that started with the membership of a WhatsApp group, police said today.

Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, sharing an image on the social media platform X promoting a WhatsApp group to join for stock tips, said it was a scam.