With the arrest of three men from Nalanda in Bihar, the Delhi Police claimed to have busted a gang of Covid cheats who used to allegedly dupe people on the pretext of providing them oxygen cylinders for patients.
The accused have been identified as Gopal Kumar (20), Rohit Kumar (21) and Sanjeet Chaudhary (22). Police claimed to have worked out 11 such cases registered at different police stations across the city.
The police said all the three accused operated from their native place in Bihar's Nalanda district and duped people on the pretext of supplying them oxygen cylinders but never delivered the life-saving gas after getting advance payment.According to Atul Kumar Thakur, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, a probe was initiated in the matter on the basis of several complaints reported at Greater Kailash and other police stations across Delhi. “To unearth the conspiracy and bust the syndicate committing the offence, a dedicated team was constituted and sent to Nalanda in Bihar. The whereabouts of the men were taken for technical surveillance and based on it, the three men were arrested,” said the DCP.