Man accused of cheating people arrested after 2 years

A 35-year-old man, who was evading arrest for the last two years, has been held for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of giving them high returns on investing in insurance policies, police said Thursday.

Two years back, a complaint was filed by one Kishan Lal Taneja (70) that on the advice of some people, he had transferred Rs 12 lakh in bank accounts opened by them, a senior police official said.

The complainant said that he was assured returns on the amount invested in insurance policies. Based on his complaint, a case was registered and one accused, Manoj Bhatt, was arrested, the official said.

Bhatt had told police that he along with his accomplices, Deepak Sharma and Jitender Singh, used to run a call centre. They had details of insurance policy holders and used to lure people to deposit money in fake accounts, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Monika Bharadwaj said.

Deepak Sharma, a resident of Ballabhgarh, who was declared proclaimed offender, was arrested from Ballabhgarh on Wednesday, she said.

During interrogation, Sharma told police that he used to change his address frequently and opened many bank accounts in different names, the DCP said, adding the accused also revealed his involvement in many cases of Delhi and Haryana.