Three persons have been arrested for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 1.90 crore by stealing her blank cheques and forging her signature on them.
Vijender Kumar alias Illiyas, Sanjay Kumar and Suraj Bhan were arrested by a team of Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Delhi police after details of the accounts in which the money was transferred was obtained during investigation, said Additional Commissioner of Police, EOW, Mangesh Kashyap.
Renu Lalwani had deposited Rs 2.21 crore in her bank accounts after the sale of her property in 2008. She later discovered that Rs 1 crore has been withdrawn from one of her account of Allahabad Bank through two cheques by Vijender Kumar and Rs 90 lakh was withdrawn from her AXIS Bank account through two cheques by Sanjay Kumar, police said.
She lodged an FIR with the EOW on December 1, 2008.
Police had been trailing the duo for long and they were finally arrested recently. Vijender Kumar was found to be living in the name of Illiyas at a rented accommodation in Sagar Pur while Sanjay Kumar was also nabbed after much effort.
During interrogation, the mastermind of the plan was revealed to be Suraj Bhan who had forged the signatures of Lalwani.
He too was then nabbed from his hideout yesterday, police said.
