Gang of cheats busted, 4 held

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 29 2016 | 11:13 PM IST
With the arrest of four persons, Delhi Police today claimed to have busted a gang of cheats active in Delhi-NCR.
Police said that the arrested have been identified as Subrat Sahu (26), Koshal Singh (21), Anil Nayak (22) and Nitin Rathora, all residents of Faridabad in Haryana.
South-East District Police, which arrested the accused, said that all the accused persons mainly Subrat and Koshal Singh allegedly conspired and planned to cheat and dupe poor people by promising to send them abroad (Dubai) for work.
All the accused were arrested from Faridabad.
"They assured them a job in Dubai and took Rs 35,000/45,000 each. The bank statement of the account has also been obtained and it was found that total amount of Rs 7,92,000 was deposited in this account and Rs 7,91,000 was withdrawn by the accused persons," a senior police official said.
The official said that the complainant alleged that he had given Rs 49,000 to accused's firm situated in Kalkaji area for going to Dubai.
The complainant, a resident of Khushi Nagar, came to Delhi on August 20 and found that the office was closed. He contacted Abhishek on phone. Abhishek said that there is some problem in Chennai Office so his ticket has been cancelled.
During investigation, the accused namely Koshal Singh was arrested on August 23. He confessed to his crime and said that he along with Abhishek, Rahul and Suraj had conspired and planned to cheat people by opening an office in Kalkaji and took money from them.

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First Published: Aug 29 2016 | 11:13 PM IST

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