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GANG OF CHEATS BUSTED, SEVERAL CASES OF DUPING OF INNOCENT PERSONS IN BANKS SOLVED

CENTRAL DISTRICT

GANG OF CHEATS BUSTED, SEVERAL CASES OF DUPING OF INNOCENT PERSONS IN BANKS SOLVED, INCRIMINATING FAKE PAPER BUNDLES RECOVERED

New Delhi: With the arrest of two accused persons namely (1) Pankaj S/O Matabaksh R/O Barielly (UP), Aged 21 Years and (2) Surender Singh S/O Ajit Singh R/O Jorhat, Assam, Aged 26 years, the special staff of Central District has busted a gang of cheats who used to dupe innocent common persons who used to visit banks for depositing their hard earned money. The police team also recovered fake paper bundles in the shape of currency notes which were used to dupe people.

INCIDENT

For the last few months, several incidents of cheating with common depositors were being committed in several banks in all over Delhi and especially in Central District. The accused persons would target the persons who come in the banks to deposit their cash and are not well versed with the procedure of depositing money. On the pretext of helping them, they would take out currency notes from their cash and would replace the notes with paper bundles. After some time when victim would find about duping, by then the accused would manage to flee.

TEAM INVESTIGATION AND ARREST

In order to work out such cases of duping, a team of special staff consisting of SI Pramod Anand, ASIs Gajender, Ranbir, Ramniwas, HCs Lal Singh, Satbir and Cts Amarjeet, Mahesh, Ombir, Vijay Pal was formed under the supervision of Insp. Satender Mohan, I/C Special Staff/Central and overall guidance of Sh. Sudhir Saxena, ACP/Operations. The team thus formed, extensively monitored the bank premises and nearby areas in plain clothes and also mounted surveillance on persons who were earlier arrested in similar offences. The efforts of team bore fruits and finally two accused persons namely Pankaj S/O Matabaksh R/O Barielly (UP), Aged 21 Years and (2) Surender Singh S/O Ajit Singh R/O Jorhat, Assam, Aged 26 years were arrested from Asaf Ali Road near Bank of Baroda on the basis of a secret information when they were looking for their targets near bank. However one of the accused persons namely Raju managed to flee from the spot.

INTERROGATION:

On sustained interrogation, it was revealed that the accused persons have been duping gullible persons inside banks for last few months. They have disclosed about their involvement in Central Delhi and other parts of Delhi. The accused had also been previously been arrested earlier in cases of Sarai Rohilla and Najafgarh.

CASES WORKED OUT:
FIR No. 234/14 U/S 420/34 dtd. 17/04/14, PS: Karol Bagh
FIR No. 76/14 U/S 420/406/34 IPC Dtd. 14/02/14 PS: Daryaganj
FIR No. 559/14 U/S 420/34 IPC Dtd. 12/04/14 PS: Mehrauli
FIR No. 287/14 U/S 420/34 IPC Dtd. 06/03/14 PS: Bhajanpura
FIR No. 168/14 U/S 420/34 IPC Dtd. 17/02/14 PS: Subhash Place
FIR No. 76/14 U/S 420/34 IPC Dtd. 15/01/14 PS: Vasant Kunj North

RECOVERY:

Two fake bundles of papers in the shape of currency notes on top of each of these, one genuine note of denomination of Rs. 1000/- is affixed.

PROFILE OF ACCUSED PERSONS:

(1) Pankaj S/O Matabaksh R/O Barielly (UP), Aged 21 Years is a school dropout and studied upto 7th std. He is unmarried.
(2) Surender Singh S/O Ajit Singh R/O Jorhat, Assam, Aged 26 years is also a school dropout and studied upto 7th std. He is married and is having two children.

(ALOK KUMAR), IPS
ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,
CENTRAL DISTRICT, DELHI.

Source:Delhi Police (PR CELL)