On way to crack swindling case related to Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT), Jolly Grant, the State Government-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by SSP Dr Sadanand Date has secured several relevant documents during four days’ police remand of the four accused.
SIT had reached Delhi along with these four and recovered several documents. In course of investigation, team found two conmen Rohit Chauhan and Ankush Sagar, natives of New Delhi, operating from Delhi.
SIT raided houses of both, but they fled before the raids. However, the duo was declared absconders.
Police sources revealed that names of several persons have come out from the data collected from the accused who are supposed to have been duped. However, they have not admitted having paid to these swindlers for admission in Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT) post- graduate course.
The Dehradun police had arrested Rajiv Rana, Surjeet, Satish Negi and Sudhakar with Rs two lakh on April 29. These conmen had allegedly cheated several students and doctors from across the country by posing themselves as owners and administrative officers of HIHT and promising them admission in PG course there.
Investigation revealed that the accused had cheated 15 doctors by duping them of huge sums varying from one lakh to Rs 15 lakhs from each for the promised admission in PG course in HIHT, applying the same modus operendi.
Investigation further revealed that around 100 doctors hailing from different parts of the country had approached these swindlers on internet to get admission in PG course in HIHT and some of them had deposited money varying from Rs one lakh to Rs 15 lakh.
It is further learnt that Negi was a former manager of a private bank and was thrown out for allegedly indulging in financial irregularities. Police said he was the kingpin of the fraud gang that included two persons from Dehradun and one from Delhi. He used to identify himself as member of the presidential body of HIHT and his aides, as institute officials before they ventured to trap the gullible in their swindling net. His target was mostly those hailing from South India.