The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested three men who duped innocent people to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore in Northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar area.
Milind Dumbere, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) said, "The three arrested accused have been identified as Mohit Bhardwaj (27), Seepu Singh (26) and Bharat Bhusan (24)." At the instance of the accused, police recovered six mobile phones, a passbook in the name of Ram lal, three chequebooks of different accounts and fake Voting ID card, PAN card and misc debit cards.
The senior police officer said it was on July 12 that they received a complaint from Mahender Saroj, a labour contractor in Odisha and a resident of Ashok Vihar. On March 2017, when he was at his residence in Ashok Vihar, posing as an Insurance Consultant, one person called him. Showing interest, the complainant broached the topic further and the next day, one SK Madan came to meet him at his house in Ashok Vihar. Further the victim was approached by an Health Insurance consultant.
Police said on different occasions, the victim was contacted by all these persons who offered false schemes and assured him return of pension of Rs 1-1.5 crore. Induced, the complainant deposited Rs 19,09,360/- in three different accounts provided by above said persons.
However, it was only on July 10, when Mahender Saroj visited the office of the health insurance consultant in Rajender Nagar. Upon enquiry, he came to know that these persons were not working here and had cheated him.
A team was formed to crack the case. During investigation, cops found while analysing the bank transactions, addresses of all the beneficiaries' accounts were forged.
DCP said, "Technical surveillance was mounted and on July 28, one Seepu Singh was apprehended from Dwarka and at his instance, other accused persons- Mohit Bhardwaj and Bharat Bhusan Sharma were also apprehended. During sustained interrogation, the accused revealed that they used to work in various call centers of Insurance companies and were well aware of the issues of the Insurance sector."
Explaining the modus operandi of the gang, the DCP said, "While one accused called the victims, the other accused were the fake bank account holders.