A notorious criminal with a bounty of Rs 50,000 on his head, has been arrested for his involvement in Rs 25 crore cheating case by the Gurugram Police Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday. The accused was evading arrest since 2008. The culprit was also a proclaimed offender.
According to the police, a Rewari based doctor filed a cheating complaint against the accused Somdev, a resident of district Jhajjar. In his complaint, the doctor said, Somdev had taken Rs 14 lakh on 10 percent interest in 2008. later the accused didn't return the given amount.
“The police had registered a cheating case against the accused since then he was on run. Following secret information the accused was arrested from Rewari Bus stand,” STF Chief, Satish Balan, said.
During the probe, the police came to know that Somdev had taken around Rs 25 crore from multiple people on heavy interest and later denied to return the amount. “The accused was also stayed in Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh by changing his name as Surender Sharma to evade arrest,” Balan, said.