A fraud in the name of renewing insurance policy has been exposed in Delhi. Cyber police of Shahdara district has caught two fraudsters. The fraudsters used to commit fraud by luring to renew the life insurance policy. The accused have been identified as Uma shankar and Kamal Sharma alias Sonu. police have recovered two lakh 90 thousand cash and a hyundai car from the fraudsters. Both the fraudsters are residents of Mayur vihar Phase-1 and Nathu Colony.
DCP prashant Gautam said that santosh kumar Ram received a call from an unknown number in march 2024. The caller lured him to renew the insurance. Falling into the trap, the victim lost more than Rs 5 lakh 58 thousand. On realizing the fraud, he demanded the money. The unknown person stopped receiving the call. The victim complained to the police. Investigation was started on the basis of complaint. During investigation it was found that Rs 1 lakh 4 thousand from the cheated amount was transferred to an account in ICICI Bank.
Fraud in the name of insurance policy renewal
The account was in the name of Umashankar. police extracted the mobile number from the bank account. On the basis of the number, the search for the account holder was started. During investigation, the police came to know that the suspect also has accounts in other banks. The bank transactions of the suspect were analyzed. While working on the technical aspects, the help of secret sources was also taken. Umashankar, who withdrew a large amount from nainital bank, was found. On the basis of technical surveillance and secret information, the police raided and caught Umashankar on 11 October.
Two fraudsters caught by the police
On searching, Rs 2.9 lakh in cash, passbooks and debit cards of various banks were recovered. After interrogation, on the information given by Umashankar, the police also arrested co-accused Kamal Sharma alias Sonu, who collected the cheated amount.
According to the police, Umashankar came in contact with Kamal Sharma alias Sonu a year ago. After taking commission, Kamal Sharma hands over the cheated amount to other accused. Kamal Sharma also works for Saurabh alias Honey Kumar. To uncover the fraud, a team of SHO manish Kumar Verma, SI Vikrant Chaudhary, Head Constable Ajit, Rajesh and Constable manish was formed under the supervision of ACP Operation Gurudev Singh. The police team is conducting raids at various places in search of other members of the thug gang.
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