Two accused involved in online cheating / fraud arrested

  • With the arrest of two accused namely Premnath Sharma @ Arun Singh S/o Shiv Janm Sharma R/o Ekta Vihar, Meethapur Extension, Delhi and Sabir @ Akbar Alam S/o Md. Sadiq R/o Shyam Colony (Part IV), Faridabad, Haryana, the police team of PS Hauz Khas, South District have busted a gang of cheats.


Brief facts : The complainant alleged that she was in touch for marriage through Viber with one person namely Eric Hasson from Chicago. He told her that he is sending a parcel containing clothes, wedding ring, laptop, purse, gold set and a cheque of 4,00,000 dollars to buy a house.  She trusted that person who convinced and told her that he will come to Delhi to marry her.  After that she received a call from a person who represented himself as a Custom Officer from Chhatarpati Shivaji International Airport and told her to sent Rs. 60,000/- as custom charges for clearing her parcel.  Accordingly, she sent the money online. The alleged person also sent him fake receipts of custom office Mumbai to win her trust via e-mail. After that the alleged person again called her saying that there is gold also so that she will have to pay more money. Accordingly, the complainant sent online Rs. 2,20,000/- in the account of one Raj Kumar as per his demand. When the complainant received subsequent demands for money, she smelled something suspicious and reported the matter to police.  Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 556/16 u/s 420 IPC was registered at PS Hauz Khas and investigation taken up.     

Investigation : During the course of investigation, the police team verified and obtained the details of account holder wherein the complainant had transferred the money from ICICI Bank, kalkaji, Delhi which revealed that on 16.06.16, accused had made a transaction through self cheque of Rs. 3,50,000/- from ICICI Bank, Tilak Nagar Branch, Main Nazafgarh Road, Delhi. On further scrutiny of the account statement, it was found that transactions of around Rs. 4/5 lacs are being made from the said account every day through various modes.  In order to arrest the culprits involved in such criminal activities, a team consisting Inspr. Anand Swarup, SI Naveen Kumar, SI Arvind, PSI Varun Gulliya, HC Harender and Ct. Jitender was constituted under the supervision of Inspr. Satinder Sangwan, SHO/Hauz Khas.  

During investigation, the police team obtained mobile number of accused persons, analyzed their CDRs and developed criminal intelligence.  The police continued its efforts which revealed that accused persons are trying to open another fake account in ICICI Bank, Nehru Place Branch.  On 03.08.16, the police team laid a trap in Nehru Place and arrested accused Premnath Sharma @ Arun Singh S/o Shiv Janm Sharma R/o Ekta Vihar, Meethapur Extension, Delhi and at the instance of accused Premnath Sharma, his associate namely Sabir @ Akbar Alam S/o Md. Sadiq R/o Shyam Colony (Part IV), Faridabad, Haryana was also arrested and 2 fake PAN cards, copies of Election Cards, 2 cheque books, 3 mobile phone were recovered from their possession.

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