With the arrest of four persons, Delhi Police today claimed to have busted a gang which allegedly duped people of over Rs 2.50 crore on the pretext of service charges for releasing lottery money and bonus on life insurance policies.
Those arrested were identified as Mohd. Miraz Alam (30), Shatrughan Ojha (30), Mohd. Jamal (34) and Anees (25), while four more members of the gang are still absconding and officials have been sent to Mumbai to nab them, police said.
Eleven fake voter ID cards, 13 PAN cards, 13 ATM cards, 17 cheque books, 15 passbooks, 14 mobile phones and six SIM cards have been seized from them, DCP (South) Ishwar Singh said.
"The gang used to call up people and convince them that they had won a lottery or some bonus on their LIC policy. Then they convinced them to transfer money in their bank account as service charge for the release of the lottery/bonus amount.
"They would then stop taking calls of the victims. Like this, they have cheated people to the tune of around Rs 2.50 crore," he said.
To legitimise their act, the gang, with the help of a chartered accountant, floated a company, procured stamps and other documents, paid service tax and even filled up the requisite forms to avoid any sort of suspicion, the DCP said.
They had accounts in several prominent private and nationalised banks, police said.
