Man held for duping people in garb of BSES staffer

A 32-year-old man who allegedly took money from people by pretending to be a BSES employee has been arrested from east Delhi's Anand Vihar area, police said today.

The accused, identified as Avinesh, allegedly headed a gang which used to target people with huge pending electricity bills. They allegedly used to approach them by posing as BSES employees and negotiate a settlement, DCP (East) BS Gurjar said.

During interrogation, the accused said he was a former BSES employee. He was arrested after BSES staff on Tuesday made a PCR call regarding a gang conducting fake raids in the Farsh Bazar area.
 

A trap was laid and Avinesh was arrested from a mall near Anand Vihar while collecting money, police said.