Delhi Police today claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved in forgery and cheating on the pretext of exchange of US dollars, with the arrest of two persons in Sarai Kale Khan area here.
The accused, identified as Sahil (24) and Jamal (22), used to cheat people by allegedly promising them huge returns in exchange of US dollars, police said.
The matter came to light on October 4, when a Sangam Vihar resident lodged a complaint that he was cheated by a person named Ravi, who induced him to earn huge money in exchange of US dollars, they said.
The man claiming to be Ravi offered the complainant US dollars worth around Rs 12 lakh in exchange of Rs 1.40 lakh. After the transaction happened, the complainant realised that he was given a bag filled with paper cuttings, with a few real dollars over every bundle precisely shaped like the currency note, said police.
A similar case was reported by one Raymond Joseph of east Delhi's Laxmi nagar area who lodged a complaint of forgery in police station, Sunlight colony, on October 6, they said.
Acting on a tip-off that a similar gang was roaming in Sarai Kale Khan area of central Delhi to commit another such crime, a special police team laid a trap and arrested the duo on Tuesday, said DCP (Southeast) Mandeep Randhawa.
