Crime branch has nabbed a miscreant near Sair Sapata involved in duping victims by providing bank cheque with zero balance to purchase mobile phones and recovered nine mobile phones and one laptop worth Rs 1.5 lakh on Sunday. Police said that acting on a tip regarding a man trying to sell mobile phones was nabbed and recovered mobile phones from his possession and when he was questioned he failed to provide the details. The man confessed that he had obtained the mobile phones by providing cheque of bank having zero balance. The accused identified as Mridul Kumar Singh alias Guddu Rajput. The accused hails from Hoshangabad and was presently living in Sabri Nagar. The matter came to fore after one of the victims Shanshak Gaur was provided a cheque of Rs 19,000 of Karnataka bank by the accused Mridul Singh on June 29. later, when the victim went to produce the cheque it got dishonored and a complaint was lodged with the police. The police registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC and nabbed the accused. The accused used to provide post dated cheque which could be honoured after 2-3 days and when the victim shopkeepers would present the cheque it would get dishonored. Police said that more revelations would be made by the accused in the further investigation as only one victim has reported the matter and nine mobile phones and one laptop has been recovered from his possession and would be quizzed regarding mobile phones which have been disposed by the accused would be investigated.