Gang busted who cheated people offering luvrative returns on insurances; two held

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 13

Cyber Cell of Crime Branch, Delhi has arrested two cheats Ankit Kumar (24) and Rahul Bansal (24), who duped Ramesh Chander Khurana, resident of Ambala (Punjab) to the tune of about Rs 9 lakh in the name of extraordinary returns of his life-long investments made in insurance policies, said police.

On the complaint of Khurana, who alleged in his complaint that he received calls in October 2015, from different mobile numbers, in which the callers stated that they were calling from customer relation department and informed him about the claim of his life-long investment made in insurance policies, the police said.

Initially, they informed the complainant that he can claim an amount of Rs 356,250 for the year 2011 to 2015, which was paid by him for insurance policies. Later on, they continued to induce the complainant that he would get Rs 2.3 crore for his life time investment, they said.

On the direction of the fraudsters, he deposited a total amount of approximately Rs 8,86,000 in totality to seven different bank accounts provided by accused persons on time to time, police said.

Investigation revealed that the five of the alleged seven bank accounts were opened on fake IDs. Moreover, the alleged mobile numbers of the callers used for the purpose of cheating were also found issued on fake IDs, they said.

It was found that the payment of Rs 40,000 was done by the complainant to one of the alleged bank account and the said amount was transferred on the same day to Bansal’s bank account. Thereafter, Bansal transferred Rs 12,000 to Kumar’s bank account.

Cyber Cell of Crime Branch was able to arrest Kumar on October 9 from Uttam Nagar here whereas accused Bansal was arrested on October 11 from Daryaganj. Eight mobile handsets, nine SIM cards and two laptops were recovered from Kumar while one mobile handset and two SIM cards from Bansal, the police said.