New Delhi: Two men were arrested for allegedly cheating more than 500 people of nearly Rs 80 lakh through their fake shopping portal after luring them with lucrative prize offers from Tughlakabad Extension, police said Sunday. The accused -- Lalit Prasad (25), the owner of the portal along with his manager, Pardeep Kumar (25), ran the fake shopping portal to lure people, they said.

The website looked very authentic and professional as they took great care while designing it. The duo operated from their in-house call centre, based in Tughlakabad Extension, police said. The matter came to light after police received a complaint from one of the victims who alleged that he had been cheated by a group of persons on the pretext of providing free gifts as a promotional offer for their online shopping portal called www.kart4all.com, they said.