A three-member gang which had allegedly cheated several gullible customers at various bank branches in South Delhi by swapping their money with bundles of ordinary paper has been busted by the Delhi Police with the arrest of the trio.
The three accused, identified as Bhullan Sahni (30), Sanjay Sahni (22) and Rambali (31) were arrested by a team of Special Staff, South District on Wednesday. Police also recovered three stolen mobile phones and one auto rickshaw which was being used by the gang in the commission of the crime.
There had been at least ten cases of theft and cheating at various banks in South Delhi following which Special Staff, South District was tasked to identify the culprits and nab them, police said. The team visited various banks where the incidents of cheating had been reported earlier, analysed the CCTV footages and collected some vital clues.
"On Wednesday, the team received a tip off that a group of 2-3 youngsters, previously involved in many cases of cheating with bank customers by exchanging original currency notes with a bundle of papers, would come via MB Road from Lado Sarai to Saket, in an auto rickshaw to commit the same crime in Saket area.
"The team laid a trap near 'E' Block, Saket on MB Road and around 4 PM, the team signaled an auto rickshaw to stop for checking at the pointing out of an informer. The occupants were identified as Bhullan Sahni, Sanjay Sahni and Rambali (driving the auto rickshaw)," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Prem Nath.
On search, three stolen mobile phones were recovered from their possession. Subsequently, the trio was arrested and subjected to sustained interrogation, he said.
During interrogation, the trio disclosed that one Braham Dev (gang leader) had given these stolen mobile phones to them for using during commission of crime.
"The gang used to prepare a bundle of papers of the size of Indian currency notes and will place 2-3 genuine notes on both side of the bundle, mostly in the denomination of Rs 500. Then, they will go to bank branches and will identify soft target, preferably old or illiterate persons.
"They would then approach the target person that they have huge cash, which was stolen by them and want to send the amount to their native place through bank. They will also offer their target, a good commission if he will extend help," said Prem Nath.
In the mean time, they will exchange the bundle of papers with the real cash of the victim and will escape from the spot in the auto rickshaw, already waiting for them. Efforts are being made to arrest the absconding gang leader Braham Dev, he said.
