ACCUSED TARGETTED POOR PEOPLE , FOUND TO BE HABITUAL & ACTIVE CRIMINAL, PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN 02 CASES OF CHEATING.
(MOREPIC1) New Delhi (Face2News)
With the arrest of a notorious cheat namely, Raj Kumar R/o Prem Nagar-III, Kirari Suleman Nagar, Delhi, Age-33 Years, Staff of Cyber PS of North-West District solved a cheating case registered vide FIR No. 29/22 U/s 420 IPC PS Cyber. He was cheating innocents on pretext of providing ‘Pradhan Mantri Mudra Loan’ at discounted rates. Two mobile phones, 4 SIM cards & 1 debit card were recovered from his possession. He mainly targeted poor people in the name of govt. loan offer at discounted rate and cheated more than 200 innocents in the last 04 year. He found to be habitual & active criminal, previously involved in 02 cases of cheating.
A case vide FIR No. 29/22 U/s 420 IPC was registered in Cyber PS of North-West on complaint of Sh. Manoj R/o ITI Jhuggi, K- Block, Jahangir Puri, Delhi. The complainant alleged that he saw a poster at public place regarding ‘Pradhan Mantri Mudra Loan’. Thereafter, complainant contacted at the given mobile number who asked to provide copy of his documents and Rs. 4,500/- as fees.
Complainant provided his documents through whatsapp. Thereafter, alleged induced the complainant to transfer Rs. 16,500/- in the name of insurance. Thereafter, alleged further induced the complainant to transfer Rs. 3,999/- as transaction fee for getting the loan amount of Rs. 3 lakhs. Thus, believing their words, complainant transferred total Rs. 25,000/- to the alleged bank account provided by the alleged persons.(SUBHEAD)
Thereafter, alleged informed the complainant that he had to pay three advances EMI of Rs. 18,000 X 3, otherwise his loan would be cancelled and asked to pay the amount. Then complainant realized that he was duped. No loan amount was received by the complainant. The alleged unknown person cheated him on the pretext of ‘PM Mudra Loan’.
In this regard, a case vide FIR No. 29/22 u/s 420 IPC was registered at PS Cyber North-West and investigation was taken up.
Considering the nature of incident and sensitivity of the case, a dedicated team led by Inspr. Vijendra Kumar, SHO/ PS Cyber comprising of W/SI Mohini, SI Sunil Chandra, HC Manish, HC Shahir & Ct. Manoj was constituted under the close supervision of ACP/Operations and overall supervision of the undersigned. They were briefed properly & assigned to nab the accused persons involved in this case.
Ms. Usha Rangnani, IPC, DCP said, during investigation, an enquiry was conducted into the matter and details from concerned beneficiary bank were obtained and thoroughly scrutinized. Sources were deployed to gather local intelligence. Recce of several locations were conducted to get the clue about accused person.
Further, on the basis of inputs and collected detailed information, the team raided a location in Kirari area from where a person was apprehended, who was identified as Raj Kumar R/o Prem Nagar-III, Kirari Suleman Nagar, Delhi, Age-33 Years.
During search, 02 mobile phones, 04 SIM cards & 01 debit card were recovered. During his sustained interrogation, he confessed his involvement in the present case. He mainly targeted poor people in the name of govt. loan offer at discounted rate and cheated more than 200 innocents in the last 04 year. He found to be habitual & active criminal, previously involved in 02 cases of cheatings registered vide FIR No. 192/18, U/s 420/34 IPC, PS Punjabi Bagh, Distt. West, Delhi and FIR No. 117/19, U/s 420 IPC, PS Sabzi Mandi, Distt. North, Delhi.
MODUS OPERANDI: Investigation of case revealed that accused Raj Kumar had been cheating innocents since 4 years. He mainly targeted poor people in the name of govt. loan offer at discounted rate. He used to publish advertisements on social media and pasted posters with lucrative offers in the name of ‘Pradhan Mantri Mudra Loan’.
He used to collect documents i.e. Aadhar card, PAN card and cancelled cheques of the innocent persons on whatsapp, on the pretext of providing them loans. Thereafter, he used to get the amount transferred in the name of clearance fee, registration fee or taxes.
Further efforts are being made to trace his possible involvements in other complaints also and his accounts details are further being scrutinized.
Raj Kumar R/o Prem Nagar-III, Kirari Suleman Nagar, Delhi, Age-33 Years.
• Previous Involvements: 02 • FIR No. 192/18, U/s 420/34 IPC, PS Punjabi Bagh, Distt. West, Delhi • FIR No. 117/19, U/s 420 IPC, PS Sabzi Mandi, Distt. North, Delhi. Further investigation of the case is in progress.
