New Delhi, Delhi Police has busted a gang of pretend mortgage restoration brokers working a high-tech roadside extortion racket in east Delhi and arrested 4 individuals, an officer stated on Sunday.
The accused allegedly used a cell software to establish automobiles with pending EMIs and focused their homeowners on busy roads by posing as financial institution restoration brokers, he stated.
“The case got here to mild after a grievance was lodged by one Keshav Kumar, who reported that he was intercepted close to ITO on Vikas Marg on March 26. Occupants of a white automotive stopped him, forcibly took him alongside, assaulted and threatened him earlier than extorting ₹18,000 by means of a web-based switch,” the officer stated.
Based mostly on the grievance, an FIR was registered at Shakarpur police station on March 27, and an investigation was taken up. A police crew was fashioned, which relied on technical surveillance and native intelligence inputs, he stated.
A tip-off from an informer pointed to the involvement of suspects from Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat, the officer stated.
Technical evaluation of cell information and placement monitoring established the suspects’ presence on the crime scene and helped establish their actions. Subsequently, raids have been carried out at a number of places, resulting in the arrest of Prince, 22, Aakash alias Akku, 25, Shivam, 23, and Teetu alias Tittu, 22, he stated.
“Throughout interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to their involvement within the current case and disclosed that they’d been working as pretend restoration brokers utilizing a cell software to establish potential targets,” the officer stated.
Police stated the gang would zero in on car homeowners with pending mortgage instalments, intercept them on roads utilizing a automotive and not using a quantity plate, and intimidate them by impersonating financial institution officers.
They might threaten, assault and wrongfully confine victims earlier than forcing them to switch cash by means of QR codes or different on-line fee strategies.
The accused would launch the victims after extorting cash. Police have recovered 5 cell phones used within the crime and the white automotive. Efforts are underway to establish different victims and hint an affiliate who allegedly facilitated monetary transactions for the gang, police stated.
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