—SATISH HANDA
During police remand six arrested members of a gang arrested by police Cyber Crime Cell Faridabad allegedly involved on-line cheatings admitted 242 frauds posing themselves as insurance company officers. They were identified as Ravinder a resident of Malviya Nagar, Pradeep Kumar resident of Ram Nagar, Tarun Singh resident of Mohan Garden, Amit Aggarwal resident of Bindapur, Ashok Kumar resident of Siraspur all in Delhi and Shaan Mohd resident of Mahoba in U.P. Whereas remaining two members of the gang are yet absconding and police conducting raids for their arrest. Accused of the gang were operating a call centre at Delhi and a cheating case registered against them on the complaint of Vinod Kumar at Faridabad police station a resident of villageTigaon allegedly cheated amount worth Rs 8.5 lakh for release of his insurance amount of policy lying pending with Life Insurance Corporation against a lapse insurance policy. The case was forwarded to Cyber Crime branch for investigation.
Cuber Crime Inspector Basant Kumar told that the gang was running a fake call centre in a commercial building at Janakpuri New Delhi and collecting data of all insurance policy holders, most f those either stopped remitting amount towards premium or their insurance policy was lying unpaid in the absence of remitting timely premium when the gang members introducing themselves as insurance company officer assuring them in getting released amount lying pending with the Insurance Corporation quickly remitting in their bank accounts used to collect all particulars and documents from lapsed policy holders who in a hope to get pending amount deposited by them in their irregular account used to forward them all documents required by the cheaters posing themselves as bank employee but failed to get any response after this. Manoj Kumar was another victim lodged cheating complaint with Faridabad police followed by few other complaints of cheatings by the racket when Surinder Sheoran ACP of Cyber Crime cell started investigation in the cases and succeeded in busting the racket and reached up to six accused of the gang now in police custody.
During police remand arrested accused disclosed that duties of all members of gang were divided. Three Ashok, Amit and Shaan Mohd were mastermind in the gang, whereas money collected from victims was being transferred in the bank account of Ravinder. Pradeep, Tarun and others were posing as insurance company officers. Cyber Cime team seized mobile phones, several sim cards, walky-talky sets and currency notes of value Rs 1.81 lakh from six arrested. Sheoran told that search for remaining two members of cheating gang is till going on and they will be in police net soon.
