Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s wife and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur fell prey to online fraud, losing Rs 23 lakh to a scamster who duped her through a mobile phone call, posing as a bank manager.

Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu said the incident happened on July 29 when the MP was in Delhi to attend the Parliament session.

The Ranchi police arrested the conman identified as Attaul Ansari on August 3, following which a team of Patiala police have reached the Jharkhand capital to bring accused on production warrant, said the SSP.

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s wife and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur fell prey to online fraud, losing Rs 23 lakh to a scamster who duped her through a mobile phone call, posing as a bank manager.

Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu said the incident happened on July 29 when the MP was in Delhi to attend the Parliament session.

The Ranchi police arrested the conman identified as Attaul Ansari on August 3, following which a team of Patiala police have reached the Jharkhand capital to bring accused on production warrant, said the SSP.