A big scam happened with a retired officer of the indian Army in Delhi. Here the debit card of retired Lieutenant General Vinod Sehgal was stolen by the miscreants. Not only this, Rs 1 lakh 87 thousand were also withdrawn from his account. After the complaint, delhi police has caught the miscreant.
According to DCP New delhi, on november 2, 2024, Lieutenant General Vinod Sehgal, retired from the indian Army, had lodged an e-FIR number 80125700/2024 at Barakhamba Road police Station. The complaint alleged that his hdfc debit card was stolen from bengali Market, New Delhi. A transaction of Rs 1,87,000/- has also been done from his account by committing fraud between november 1 and november 2 using the stolen card.
Considering the sensitivity of the case, a special investigation team comprising SI Shubhangi and HC Jagdish Kumar, led by SI ashok Kumar, was formed to trace the culprits. During the investigation, it was revealed that the stolen debit card was used at ATMs in Lok nayak Bhawan and Khan Market. A total of Rs 1,87,000 was fraudulently withdrawn from the complainant's account.
police nabbed the accused with the help of CCTV footage
Through analysis of CCTV footage from these ATMs, the investigating team identified two persons involved in the fraud. Subsequently, local intelligence was collected and the team tracked one of the suspects to his hideout and conducted a raid. The accused Albert Peter was nabbed in the raid. During sustained interrogation, he confessed to being the former driver of the complainant and stealing his debit card and password. Thereafter, Peter took the help of his brother-in-law Sunny and fraudulently withdrew money from several ATMs. After the theft, Peter resigned from his job and went into hiding. At Peter's behest, the team also arrested his brother-in-law Sunny. The complainant also identified Albert Peter.
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