The special Task Force (STF) has arrested a former Delhi police constable in connection with a sensational case in which a Dehradun resident was duped of Rs 1. 26 crore. The STF team arrested Delhi resident Niraj Kumar Anand from NOIDA in UP on February 3. The police had earlier apprehended a Nigerian resident in the case.
On July 29, 2014 Doon resident Beena Bor Thakur had filed a complaint in the Cant police station area in which she had alleged that a person impersonating as a london based businessmen befriended her on facebook. He persuaded Thakur to invest in a venture, on which she deposited Rs 1.26 crores in different bank accounts. The police filed case under section 420, 467, 468, 471, 120 B and 66 D of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The case was later transferred to STF in view of the complexity of the matter. Police claim that Niraj Kumar Anand is part of an international syndicate involving in organised crime. The suspended constable was also involved in cyber fraud case involving Rs 17 lakhs in Goa and was arrested in the year 2013. The culprit has accepted his involvement in the cheating case.
He told the police team that he opened an account in the name of Kumar trading company on forged papers in the NOIDA branch of State Bank of India in which Thakur deposited money. He revealed that the Nigerian national was the kingpin in the case and he had handed over the money to Nigerian after keeping his commission. The STF team included Inspector D C Dhondiyal, Sub Inspector N K Bhatt and others.