MBA among three held for cheating people

A management post-graduate was among three persons arrested for allegedly cheating several people to the tune of Rs one crore on promise of installing mobile towers at their premises.
They promised people that they would be getting about Rs 40,000 per month as rent from mobile companies after the installation of towers.
Snehil Toshniwal (29), proprietor of the alleged call centre and an MBA degree holder, Rohit Bhatia (23) and Rahul Rajput (23) were held for running the racket.
According to Crime Branch, initial scrutiny suggests that they have cheated the "gullible persons" to the tune Rs 1 crore so far through their racket. Police is yet to arrest the mastermind of the gang, identified as Pawan.

Police said that they received a complaint from one Harminder Singh, a resident of Jalandhar (Punjab), claiming that he was cheated to a tune of Rs 93,000 by some persons on the pretext of installing mobile signal tower on his premises.
Acting on a tip-off, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police on June 17 arrested Toshniwal and later his accomplices Rohit and Rahul was arrested.

"Toshniwal and Pawan were previously working with call centres. They took away customer's data along while leaving their respective jobs and started calling and targeting such persons on the pretext of installing mobile phone tower," said a senior police official.

The official also said that they had set up a call centre and employed 14-15 tele-callers in the area of Budella, Vikaspuri, Delhi in a rented premises. In March, 2015, they shifted to Gopal Nagar, Jheel Road, Delhi.
"They would assure the targeted person that he could earn huge profit by associating with them. Then, they would ask him to deposit different amounts towards "Refundable Registration Fee", "Verification Fee" etc. And seek copy of the property documents in order to verify the ownership title," official also said.
It was further assured by the tele-callers that once all documentation and verification is over, they will be getting approx Rs 40,000 per month as rent from the mobile company. The fee was asked to be deposited in different bank accounts.

According to the police, further investigation of the case is in the progress and more team leaders, agents, telecallers and other associates are likely to be arrested.
Police also said that scrutiny of seized record revealed that they have duped other persons also through offer of cheap holiday packages and on the pretext of providing cheap loans from different banks.