Thane Sep 25 PTI A Thane man studying in Dublin University in Ireland has allegedly lost Rs 530 lakh to a cyber fraudster police said on Saturday Mandar Kotnis pursuing his Masters in Computer Science had gone to Ireland on September 2 this year and got a call on September 23 from a person who identified himself as an Irish official He was told he had watched some site which is prohibited in the United States of America and hackers could now siphon off money from his account In order to avoid this the caller asked Kotnis to transfer the money he had in his Thane account When the victim went ahead he realised he had lost Rs 530 lakh an official from Chitalsar police station in Thanes Wagle Estate area said As per a complaint filed by the victims mothers a case under IPC and Information Technology Act provisions has been registered against an unidentified person Thane police PRO Jaimala Wasave said PTI COR BNM BNM BNM