Crime branch Bhopal busted a four-member gang involved in duping an 80-year-old man to the tune of Rs40 lakh in the name of providing money of the policy insured; police have recovered Rs6 lakh from their possession.
The victim Vikas Kumar deposited Rs40 lakh in different bank accounts and when he asked his son Sandeep Kumar for more money to be deposited in the bank accounts the issue surfaced and a complaint was lodged with the crime branch Bhopal.
Based on the complaint, the police started the search and conducted raids at several places during which one of the account holders Mukesh Kumar Sharma was nabbed who provided details of Bhuvnesh Pal and Vedprakash Mourya and in the last end Ajay Kumar Yadav was nabbed on Vedprakash’s information.
From Mukesh Shrarma Rs3.15 lakh , one mobile phone and Rs10000 from Bhuvnesh Pal , one mobile phone used in the fraud and Rs1.35 lakh, one mobile phone and one laptop from Ved Prakash and Rs60,000 and one mobile phone were recovered from Ajay Kumar Yadav in the investigation.
Accused confessed that Ajay Yadav started a data entry firm in Delhi and they collected complete information of the details of the policies and later duped the victim using the information.
Vedprakash used to call the victim using different names, while Mukesh Kumar and Bhuvnesh Pal provided the bank accounts for the transaction and were provided with 10 percent of the deposited money.
The victim bought an insurance policy in Reliance life Insurance in the year 2011 which were worth Rs8.5 lakh and the accused duped him in the name of problem surfaced in his policies and would require money to provide the refund of the policies.
The funds were transfered through NEFT in different accounts and the account holders were given 10 per cent of the deposited amount.