Shillong, Sept 28: A lady has lodged a complaint with police alleging that she was duped Rs 2.5 lakh by one person from UK whom she befriended through Facebok.

According to police, one Dr. (Mrs) Ardina K Marak lodged a complaint that in July, the complainant (Ardina) has befriended one Jones Kennedy K. Marak from UK through Facebook.

Later, on August 16, she was informed by one Pooja Sharma of Customs Clearance Service that Jones Kennedy was detained at IGI Airport, New Delhi Customs Service for carrying huge UK currency amounting to Rs 200 Crore and asked her to pay Rs 58,000 as penalty which she complied with.

On further enquiry from ICICI Bank, it was found that she has deposited cash Rs 50,000, Rs 1,50,000 & Rs 50,000, totaling Rs 2,50,000 on September 7, 12 16 in the ICICI account of Puja Enterprises.