The Delhi Police Crime Department Saturday arrested two males allegedly concerned in a faux US greenback trade racket working throughout a number of states in India. The boys have been recognized as Neeraj and Karan, each aged 23, stated police.
In keeping with police, the gang’s modus operandi concerned luring victims with the promise of exchanging real US {dollars} for Indian rupees.
DCP (Crime Department) Vikram Singh stated Sunday, “The gang members would first go to outlets and buy objects utilizing real US {dollars}, then create a ruse by asking shopkeepers in the event that they knew anybody who might trade {dollars} for Indian rupees.”
The DCP stated the gang used faux SIM playing cards to speak with potential victims. Throughout the trade, the accused would present actual {dollars} as bait however secretly hand over baggage full of bundles of paper. “After every profitable rip-off, the accused would destroy their telephones and SIM playing cards, and go away the realm for a couple of days to keep away from detection,” the officer stated.
On receiving details about the gang’s actions, a Crime Department staff, led by Inspector Gurmeet Singh and supervised by ACP Rohitash Singh, launched an investigation.
On November 16, police stated the staff acquired intelligence concerning two key suspects, Neeraj alias Raju, and Karan alias Rahul. “In August, Neeraj and Karan duped a younger man of Rs 2 lakh in Sonia Vihar and executed an analogous rip-off in September in the identical space, dishonest an aged man of Rs 1 lakh,” the DCP stated.
The duo was arrested from Anjali Vihar in Ghaziabad’s Loni district. Throughout questioning, they admitted to their involvement, stated police.
DCP Singh stated the duo has a historical past of felony actions, together with drug offenses and theft.
“Karan has been beforehand concerned in 4 instances underneath the NDPS Act, housebreaking, Arms Act, whereas his affiliate Neeraj has been beforehand concerned in six instances of the NDPS Act, theft, Goonda Act, housebreaking, Arms Act. They each served time in jail,” the officer stated.
