With the arrest of two men, the Delhi Police has busted a gang involved in duping nearly 800 people on the pretext of parcelling them lucky draw gifts for which they were asked to pay a minimal amount.
The accused have been identified as Sunny Goel (28), a resident of Uttam Nagar and his associate Sajjan Kumar (34), a resident of Rohini.
According to Sanjay Bhatia, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Central district, the matter came to notice after police said they received a complaint from Ramesh Pandey who alleged that on August 6, he received a phone call from an unknown mobile number and the caller informed him that his mobile number is selected in a lucky draw and he has won a Samsung A51 mobile phone.
“The market cost of mobile is approximately Rs 25,000 but he was told to pay only 3,995 for it and share his address and PIN code of area, so that they can send him the phone through speed post and which he can receive from his nearest post office. He further alleged that after 10 days, he received a parcel from the post office for which he paid Rs. 3995 as said. When he opened the same, he received a pouch of Patanjali Giloy Kwath instead of a phone,” said the DCP.
“Based on his complaint, a case was registered under section 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 120 B (Punishment of criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code at Patel Nagar police station and an investigation was initiated, said the DCP.
“During investigation, police sought Call Detail Records of the alleged mobile number through which the complainant received calls and found that the alleged number was active in the area of sector-7, Rohini. Through surveillance and technical analysis, the two accused were identified and the mobile phone used to cheated the complainant was also recovered,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, the accused confessed to their crime. They told police that the duo operated a company in the name of “PRIME DEAL” and obtained mobile phone series of different states through search engines and called up people randomly and after obtaining their address and area PIN on the pretext of sending them lucky draw gift hampers, through speed post, they send them patanjali Giloy Kwath, belt or purse instead of the promised gift hampers for which the victim's had to pay a certain amount,” said the DCP.