A youth in Bhubaneswar was allegedly duped of Rs 1 lakh while trying to sell his cow on an online marketplace. After being duped by the cyber criminal, the youth, Debasish Sahoo, lodged a complaint at Bharatpur Police Station here.

As per the complaint, Sahoo put up an advertisement on the digital marketplace, Krishify to sell his cow on March 11 when the scamster posing as a potential buyer duped him. The imposter identified himself as Manjit called Sahoo and introduced himself as an army officer. He showed interest to purchase the cow and the deal was finalised at Rs 20,000.