The Uttar Pradesh crime branch arrested four persons accused of duping businessmen of lakhs of rupees, police said today.
The accused -- Nitin Kumar of Gurgaon and Saharanpur residents Sachin Kumar, Mohammad Samshad and Anuj Tyagi -- were arrested last night while they were moving on National Highway 24 near here.
An investigating officer said the accused, who have three trucks, would bag contract of transporting steels and iron rods from businessmen and later dupe them by not delivering the goods at the destination.
The normally would provide fake documents like driving licence, registration plate, insurance papers and voter IDs while bagging the contract, making it difficult to trace them later, according to police.
Investigators said the accused were wanted in several such cases and have looted goods worth more than Rs 60 lakh in the past few months.
On October 12, the accused looted 75 tonnes of steel from Bhusan Steel Limited situated on Link Road adopting such modus operandi, the officer said.
"Three trucks and fake documents have been seized from them. We are interrogating them to get further details," the officer added.
