Crime branch police has nabbed two miscreants from Panipat (Haryana) for cheating an 80-year-old retired chief engineer of PWD to the tune of Rs 40 lakh in the name of redemption of life insurance policies from four companies; accused used to pose as IRDA, CBI and IT officials and would ask victim to deposit money through NEFT.
Police said that the nabbed accused persons were identified as Raju Singh (25) and Kuldeep Kumar (25) of Panipat Haryana.
The matter surfaced after Jain’s family member came to know that Jain has made transfers worth lakhs of rupees through NEFT and when they asked Jain he provided the details after which a complaint was lodged with the crime branch by his sons Hemant and Niklesh.
The victim in his complaint stated that he had received phone calls from different mobile numbers asking him to deposit money in different bank accounts. The callers used to pose as IRDA, CBI and IT officials and to get money from his policies with Shriram life Insurance, DlF life Insurance, PNB Met life Insurance and Reliance life Insurance he deposited Rs 40 lakh in different bank accounts.
The main accused Raju obtained information from IIFl company and contacted the victim using different names while Kuldeep used to provide bank accounts in return of commission. The accused are cousins.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and during the investigation found that the location of the fraudsters was in Panipat.