A 27-year-old doctor at KEM Hospital was allegedly duped of Rs 2.36 lakh after being honey-trapped by unknown persons and made to pay on the pretext of receiving gifts from an 'Instagram friend', police said.

According to the police, the doctor works as an ENT resident in the hospital and was chatting with a woman on Instagram by the name Ila Manisha. According to the Indian Express, the police said that the doctor had recently received a message from the woman saying that she had sent a gift for him that has to be collected from the custom department of the Delhi airport after a paying Rs 36,000 as clearance and delivery charges.