International Gang of Cheats Busted : Three Arrested

With the arrest of three accused namely (1) Azad Aalam @ Faijul, aged 21 years s/o Manjoor Siddiqui r/o Village Karanpura, P.S Manza, Distt. Gopalganj, Bihar; (2) Zafar Ali, aged 20 years s/o Sheikh Hasanmulla r/o Village Pathra, Distt. Gopalganj, Bihar and (3) Shahnawaj Anwar, aged 19 years s/o Mohd. Ishlam r/o Mohalla Bibi Paker, Rahemganj, Distt. Darbanga, Bihar (all are temporary residing in M Block, Abul Fazal Part-I, Jamia Nagar, Delhi), the staff of Police Station Sarita Vihar, South-East District has busted an international gang of cheats involved in cheating innocent people by alluring them they won lottery worth crores of rupees. Cash Rs. 1.6 lacs, 77 ATM cards of different banks and 8 mobile phones have been recovered from their possession.

  

INFORMATION, TEAM AND OPERATION

In the evening of 23.09.15, HC Keshav Naagar of PS Sarita Vihar received secret information that some members of an international gang of cheats would come in Sarita Vihar area. The informer also informed that the gang has links in several countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arab etc. As per information, the gang members present in Pakistan & Gulf countries make calls to innocent people all over the world and inform them that they are lucky winners of lottery worth crores of rupees. The receiver of the call gets allured and they provide bank account number and induce him to deposit some money in the said bank account as processing charges for getting the lottery amount encashed. Once the money was deposited by a victim, they used to direct their local link in the victim’s country to withdraw the money from the said bank account using ATM cards.

Acting upon this information, a dedicated team led by Inspr. Maninder Singh SHO/Sarita Vihar comprising of SI Amit Sharma, SI Nagender Nagar, SI Rakesh Kumar, HC Keshav Naagar, HC Manoj Kumar, HC Narender, Ct. Bani Singh, Ct. Dilshad, Ct. Hansraj and Ct. Ravinder was formed under the supervision of Shri Nidhin Valsan, ACP/Sarita Vihar.

The information was further developed and it was revealed that the cheats would come in A Pocket, Sarita Vihar. Consequently, a trap was laid near A- Pocket Park, Sarita Vihar and at about 7:40 PM on 23.09.15, three persons were seen coming towards A Pocket Park who were apprehended at the instance of informer. On their cursory search, cash Rs. 1.60 lacs, 77 ATM cards of different banks and 8 mobile phones were recovered. On checking the call log of their mobile phones, several incoming/missed calls from the mobile numbers of Pakistan were available. They were quizzed but could not give a satisfactory reply about possession of these articles/cash. Accordingly, the recovered items were taken in police possession for further verification and enquiry. Their identity was revealed as (1) Azad Aalam @ Faijul; (2) Zafar Ali and (3) Shahnawaz Anwar and all were presently residing in Jamia Nagar, Delhi.

INVESTIGATION & INTERROGATION

All the three were subjected to sustained interrogation. Azad Aalam disclosed that in 2014 he came to Delhi in search of work where he came in contact with one Rehman r/o M-Block, Abul Fazal Part-I, Jamia Nagar and he got employed as domestic help in the house of Rehman. After some time, Rehman discussed with him an easy mode to earn huge money in short span of time. He also informed him about his links in Pakistan & Gulf countries who make calls to the Indian people informing them that they have won lottery/prizes worth crores/lacs of rupees. To get this winning amount, they induce them to deposit some amount as clearance/processing charges in particular bank account which have been got opened by them (Rehman and others) in India. As soon as the target victim deposits the money in the given account, it is withdrawn. Azad Aalam agreed to work with him and thereafter, Rehman introduced him to his associates residing in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. One of these associates in Saudi Arabia namely Kalim also provided the accommodation to Azad Alam and other associates.

Further, Azad Alam also arranged some young boys and associated them in the present crime and are working since 2014. Azad Alam also got opened some bank accounts for withdrawing the money deposited by public persons. The members of the gang who are still residing at Pakistan and Saudi Arabia used to inform Rehman or Azad Alam to withdraw money and subsequently, Azad Alam used to send his boys namely Zafar, Shahnawaj and others to withdraw the money from the ATMs using ATM cards available with them. Zafar and Shahnawaj used to hand over the money to Azad Alam after keeping their share. Azad Alam further used to hand over the money to the persons deputed by their foreign associates after keeping his share. Other two accused persons Zafar and Shahnawaj also divulged the same story.

Further investigation is in progress and efforts are being made to nab their remaining accomplices as well as to link the cases in which innocent people were cheated by them.

RECOVERY

1.       Rs. 1.60 lacs cash.

2.       77 ATM Cards of different banks

3.       8 Mobile phones (used in crime).

PROFILE OF ACCUSED

1.           Azad Aalam @ Faijul aged 21 years s/o Manjoor Siddiqui r/o Village Karanpura, Distt. Gopalganj, Bihar is pursuing B.Tech from distant education. In the year 2014, he came to Delhi in search of a job and started working as servant of one Rehman who was one of the members of this international gang. After getting allure by Rehman, he also became part of this racket.

2.           Zafar Ali S/o Sheikh Hasanmulla R/o Village Pathra P.S Manza Distt. Gopalganj, Bihar, age 20 Yrs. He is also pursuing B.Tech from distant education. About 15 days before, he came to Delhi in search of a job and started assisting Azad Alam in cheating the innocent people.  

3.           Shahnawaj Anwar S/o Mohd. Ishlam R/o Mohalla Bibi Paker, Rahemganj, Distt. Darbanga, Bihar, age 19 Yrs. He has studied upto 12^th standard.  About 15 days before, he came to Delhi in search of a job and started assisting Azad Alam in cheating the innocent people.

All the above accused persons are temporary residing in a house in M Block, Abul Fazal Part-I, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi in the house of their associate namely  Kalim who is residing in Saudi Arebia and instructed them.

         

The team members involved in the good work are being rewarded suitably.

MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC: The public at large is advised not to respond to such calls received on their mobile phones where they are informed about their winning a lottery and allured to deposit cash as processing charges.