Stock trading becomes the new gambling as youngsters fall for lure of easy money

Last year, Assam-based chartered accountant Roshan Agarwal came across a peculiar request in his inbox. Anand*, a first-year BTech student, reached out to him on Facebook to help him file his income-tax returns. Anand, barely 18 at that time, sounded scared. He had lost about Rs 20 lakh in online trading!