CRIME BRANCH
A GANG OF CHEATS WHO DUPED PEOPLE WITH FAKE VISA BUSTED.
FIVE INDIAN PASSPORTS STAMPED WITH FAKE CANADIAN VISA AND ONE FAKE CANADIAN VISA STICKER RECOVERED.
With the arrest of two persons, the staff of Spl. Investigation Team, (SIT) of Crime Branch has busted a gang of cheats and recovered 5 passports stamped with fake Canadian VISA and one fake Canadian VISA sticker from their possession. They were identified as Balwinder @ Karan Bhatia and Sanjay Bhola.
INFORMATION AND TEAM:-
ACP KPS Malhotra of Special Investigation Team, Crime Branch received a secret input through SI Sunil Kumar that one Balwinder Bhatia and his brother “BABA” of Vishwas Park, Uttam Nagar, alongwith their friend Sanjay Bhola are running a racket of cheating individuals by stamping fake visas on passports on the pretext of sending them abroad. Accordingly, a team led by Insp Rajbir Singh, SI Sunil Kumar, HCs Kanwar Pal, Neeraj, Ajeet, Pradeep, Consts Ravinder, Devender, Ravinder and Atul was constituted and informers deployed by ACP KPS Malhotra under the overall supervision of Addl.DCP Kumar Gyanesh.
The information was developed and it came to notice that the gang will come near the Gate of DDA District Park, Netaji Subhash Place with fake VISA stamped passport and VISA sticker, with the intention to cheat someone and also that they can be apprehended with fake VISA stamped passport and VISA sticker, if a raid is conducted.
RAID AND INTERROGATION:-
The team laid a trap at the place of information and apprehended both the persons on the instance of informer. They were identified as (1) Balwinder @ Karan Bhatia s/o Shri Ashok Bhatia r/o 271-B, D4-2, Vikas Puri, Delhi aged 37 years, permanent address B-1, VishwasPark, Uttam Nagar, Delhi. (2) Sanjay Bhola s/o Shri Om Prakash r/o WZ-226, Gali No.4, Sri Nagar, Rani Bagh, Delhi aged 39 years. During informal search of Balwinder @ Karan Bhatia, three Indian passports stamped with fake CANADAIAN VISA and one fake VISA sticker of Canada were recovered from his possession and from the search of Sanjay Bhola, two Indian Passports stamped with fake Canadian VISA were recovered. Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 123/13, u/s 420/467/468/120-B IPC & 12 PP Act, PS Crime Branch was registered.
MODUS OPERANDI:-
It was disclosed during interrogation that Avinash Bhatia, brother of accused Balwinder @ Karan Bhatia, is in business of sending people abroad. Accused Balwinder joined his business but later-on, his brother advised him to start his own business. During this period, he came in contact with Sanjay Bhola, who was also in the business of sending people abroad. They hatched a conspiracy to cheat innocent people of Gurjarat and Punjab, who are willing to go to Canada. They initially opened an office in Rani Bagh, Delhi, where they came in contact with one Cheema, resident of Jalandhar, Punjab.
Cheema was asked to send people who want to go to CANADA to their office in Delhi. Cheema sent 10-12 persons to their office @ fix expense rate of Rs.8 Lakh per person and they collected advance from them. They further contacted one Pinka @ Raj of Munirka, who stamped fake VISA @ Rs.15000/- per passport. They stamped fake VISA sticker on the passports and demanded the remaining amount on the date of departure to CANADA.
About one month ago, they closed their Rani Bagh office and shared the money among them including Cheema and shifted to Noida and opened another office in the name and style of ‘Elegant Group’. They advertised in the newspapers of Uttarakhand for the purpose.
Meantime, they came in contact with Mehra and Ranganathan from Mehsana, Gujarat who brought people from Gujarat. They cheated many people and earned huge money by stamping fake VISA sticker on their passports. They have given fake VISA stamped passports to their local agents in Dehradun, Punjab and Gujarat.
PROFILES:-
(1) BALWINDER @ Karan Bhatia s/o Shri Ashok Bhatia r/o 271-B, D4-2, Vikas Puri, Delhi aged 37 years, permanent address B-1, Vishwas Park, Uttam Nagar, Delhi. He has studied upto 8th class.
Previous involvements:-
1.FIR No. 401/09, u/s 420/467/468/471/120-B IPC, PS RajouriGarden, Delhi.
2.FIR No.102/10, u/s 406/420/467/468/471/506/120-B IPC PS Barala, Ambala, Haryana.
(2) SANJAY BHOLA s/o Shri Om Prakash r/o WZ-226, Gali No.4, Sri Nagar, Rani Bagh, Delhi aged 39 years. He is a graduate.
Previous involvements:-
1.FIR No.11/04, u/s 406/419/468/467/120-B IPC PS Special Cell.
2.FIR No.13/04, u/s 406/419/468/467/120-B IPC PS Special Cell.
3.FIR No.88/2005 u/s 468/473/411/34 IPC PS Prashant Vihar
4.FIR No.265/05 u/s 379 IPC PS Prashant Vihar.
ROCOVERY MADE:-
1.Five Indian Passports stamped with fake Canadian VISA.
2.One fake Canadian Sticker.
(RAVINDRA YADAV) IPS
ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,
CRIME BRANCH, DELHI.
NEW DELHI DISTRICT24/7/2013
‘Bunty Babli’ Gang of Cheats arrested.
Used to stay in expensive Hotels as Film Producer and Director and call Dance Troupe for performance in their upcoming film.
A gang of cheats namely Madan Sharma, Dinesh Arora and Naushad arrested by team of P.S. Connaught Place, New Delhi District.
The gang is involved in more than 12 incidents of cheating and fleeing away with Laptops and mobile phones of Dance Troupe called for shooing in a movie on their mobile number obtained from ‘Just Dial’.
Gang used to stay with fake IDs and did not pay the hotel bills.
5 Laptops, 40 Mobile Phones, 13 Sim Cards, Keys of the 11 Hotels, 10 Pan Cards, 10 Voter ID Cards,11 Driving Licenses, 7 Adhar Cardsand 22 Debit Cards recovered.
Hotel staff did not match face with the IDs provided by them.
With the arrest of three accused namely 1.MadanSharma @ ManishS/o Satvir Sharma R/o RZ 37, Gali No. 17, SitaPuri, Dabri, Delhi, Age-28 Yrs, 2. Dinesh Arora @ Mota S/o Gopal Das Arora R/o 3032, Gali No. 8, Jawahar Colony, Faridabad, Age-27 yrs and 3. Naushad S/o Shahbuddin R/o RZ 37, Gali No. 17, Sita Puri, Dabri, Delhi, Age- 22 Yrs, the PS Connaught Place have solved a case of cheating involving the theft of Laptops and mobile phones etc. The gang is involved in more than 12 incidents of cheating and theft of Laptops of Dance performers who are called for interview and performance test for a shooing in a movie. They used to ask the performers to keep their belongings in the Hotel Room and then were taken for the test outside the hotel. The co-accused then fled away with the belongings without paying the Hotel bills. The gang used to stay in expensive Hotels as Film Producer and Director and call Dance Troupes for performance in their upcoming film.
Facts of the case:
On 8th July 2013, a complaint about committing fraud and cheating was received from Sh. Satish Sharma, General Manager, The Corus Hotel, B-Block Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001. On 6th July 2013, the GM received a telephone call from Mobile No. 8373951510 and the caller stated his name as Mr. Shukla and projected that he was calling from Kapoor Production House, Mumbai and asked him for reservation of 10 to 15 Rooms in the Hotel from 7th July 2013 till 17th July 2013. The caller further informed that some rooms were required from Sunday and Monday i.e. 7/8th July 2013 onwards. After the negotiations of the rates, the rooms were reserved for them. On 7th July 2013, Room No. 112 to Mr. Vipin Sharma, Room No.106 to Mr. Gourav Kumar, Room No. 104 to Ms. Gunjan Dixit and on the instruction of Mr. Vipin Sharma in the evening Room No. 205 to Mr. Paramjeet Kocher, Mr. Sumit Kumar and Mr. Hemant Kumar and Room no. 201 to Mr. Vineet Kumar were recovered from them. The group of the accused persons had taken drinks and dinner in the restaurant and Mr. Vipin Sharma and Mr. Gaurav Kumar had signed the said bills.
That on 8th July 2013, at about 8.30 AM, the GM received another call from Mr. Shuklawho praised the services and then informed the GM that Mr. Mika Singh Mr. Raj Babar and Mr. AnupamKherwill also visit the Hotel in the afternoon and rooms reserved for them. That around 8.55 AM, the GM again received a telephone call from Mr. Shukla who very politely told the GM that his group staying in the Hotel is short of money and due to Sunday he could not arrange the transfer of the money to them and asked the GM to pay a sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Twenty five Hundred only) to MR. Vipin Sharma. At the first instance the GM was reluctant to pay but Mr. Shukla repeatedly requested and assured the GM that his Finance Officer will reach the Hotel in the afternoon and will refund the money and will also clear the hotel bills. Believing Mr. Shukla, the GM called Mr. Pradeep Kumar Accounts Manager of the Hotel and paid cash Rs. 25,000/- to Mr. Vipin Sharma and at the same time Mr. Vipin Sharma asked the GM to arrange a car for the airport to transport the VIP's. The crew members started taking the breakfast and in the meantime the GM noticed the movement of groups of youngsters who had come for audition for a dance programme. Thereafter, the groups of youngsters were told by the crew members to take the breakfast in the restaurant.
Thereafter, a few youngsters approached at about 10:30/40 AM the GM and told that they have handed over three laptops, mobile phones, wallets containing cash and personal belongings and debit cards to Mr. Vipin Sharma as asked by him. The young boys further informed that Mr. Vipin Sharma and his other crew members are missing from their rooms and on checking the rooms they noticed that neither the crew member/guest nor their belongings including the belongings of the youngsters i.e. Laptops etc. were found in the rooms. The GM was shocked and surprised and searched for the crew members and even tried to call Mr. Shukla and Mr. Vipin Sharma (8882199307) but their telephones were found switched off. The hotel and restaurant bills were found to be to the tune of about Rs. 79,000/- (Rupees Seventy Nine thousand) which were the expenses for their boarding and lodging. The above accused persons including Mr. Shukla have committed a fraud adopting the said modus operandi and has caused wrongful loss to the tune of Rs. 1,14,000/-
Hence a case FIR No. 103/13 dt9.7.13 u/s 420/34-IPC was registered and investigations were taken up.
A team led by Inspr. Sunil Kumar,SHO/P.S. Connaught Place consisting of SIDinesh Kumar, SI VikasKunduand Ct. Ajay Kumar No. 463/ND, Ct, Dharmender No. 654/ND, Ct Ashok No. 634/ND and Ct. Sachin No. 2693/NDwas constituted under the supervision of ACP/Connaught Place to apprehend the accused persons.
A scientific and thorough investigation revealed that Sh. Paramjeet Kochar, the leader of the dance group whose belongings including his wallet was reported stolen by the cheats also contained one SIM Card for mobile no. 9555012916. The SIM Card was not being used but the owner/ Paramjeet had diverted the calls from this SIMto his mobile number 9811701938. The cheats made a booking in HotelCityPark, PitamPura by calling from this number. The hotel confirmed the booking and thereafter contacted the caller on this number. A raiding team was immediately dispatched to the hotel and one of the accused namely Dinesh Arora was apprehended. The sustained and thorough interrogation led to the arrest of the other two accused Madan Sharma and Naushad from Metro Pillar No. 367, PitamPura. All the three accused were arrested and the CCTV Footage of Corus Hotel contained the photos of Dinesh Arora and MadanSharma. They were produced before the court and three days police custody remand was granted.
INCIDENTS OF CHEATING DISCLOSED:
During the interrogation, the gang had disclosed that they had been cheating the dance groups since last two months. The accused had disclosed the cheating by this modus operandi. They firstly had booked hotel in Jalandhar, Punjab and had fled away without paying the bill and committing theft of mobiles and laptop of a dance group in the hotel. There after the gang went to Agra after booking rooms in Vikram Hotel on phone and called a dance group and told to deposit their personal belongings with the co-accused and then they fled away with seven mobiles and laptop without paying the bill. Then they went to Hotel Jai Singh, Gwalior stayed there for 2/3 days and then fled away without paying the bill. There after the gang went to Jaipur after booking in Hotel Clark Inn, JalMahalon phone and called a dance group from Kurukshetra when he asked them to deposit their personal belongings with the co-accused and then they fled away with mobiles and laptop without paying the bill. Then they went to Ajmer and stayed in Pushkar Resort where they stayed for 2/3 days and then fled away without paying the bill. There after the gang went to Amar Hotel, Sector 24, NOIDA, after booking the hotel on phone and called a dance group and told to deposit their personal belongings with the co-accused and then they fled away with mobiles and laptops without paying the bill. Then they committed the similar offence in Hotel Narula, Panipat. They had also made a booking in Hilton Hotel, Nehru Place and called Aryan Dance Group and stole 1 laptop and 12 mobile phones. Around 20 days ago they stayed in a hotel at Dharuhera and had stolen 2 laptops and 9 Mobiles. Then they had come to Hotel Corus, Connaught Place and thus committed this offence as mentioned above. TheY had also booked rooms in Hotel Maurya and took Rs. 15,000/- from one Travel Agent for booking his fleet of cars during the shooting of their film. They fled away the hotel without paying their bills. Lastly they got their rooms booked in HotelCityPark and ran out of their luck and thus had fallen into the nets of Connaught Place police.
Recoveries made:
Several raids were conducted at the known places of stay of the co-accused. The team went to and at the pointing out of the accused the following articles used for committing this cheating were recovered:-
1.Laptops: 5
(Make-Two Toshiba, One Lenovo, One Dell and one Samsung)
2.Mobile Phones: 40
3.SIM Cards: 14 of various service providers
4.PAN Cards: 10
5.Voter IDs: 10
6.Adhar Cards: 7
7.Driving Licenses: 11
8.Debit Cards: 22
9.Various ID/Visiting Cards:
10.Photographs: 55
11.Hotel Key: 11
Profile:
1.Madan Sharma, Age-28 Yrs, born in Nangloi, had studied up to class 10th from Uttam Nagar. His father had served in Army and his parents had expired. His elder brother is an engineer and working in USA and sister is staying in Ambala. He joined service in a call center in Gurgaon. Then he joined HDFC Loan department for telemarketing and had worked there for 2 years.He married recently.
2. Dinesh Arora, Age-27 yrs married having a three years old daughter wife. He was born in Faridabad and passed 10th class from OpenSchool. His father is a contractor for white washing. He has two brothers. He came in to contact with Madan through his friend Tarun in Faridabad about 6 months ago. He had worked as labourer in Whirlpool, Escorts and as TSR Driver. He is also involved in two cases of theft in Faridabad.
3. Naushad, Age-22 Yrs, is an illiterate and recently came into contact with Madan Sharma as he became jobless. His father is a Tea-seller/vendor in Ahemdabad. He has two sisters and one brother.
(S.B.S. TYAGI) IPS
DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,
NEW DELHI DISTRICT: NEW DELHI
CRIME BRANCH
PRESS RELEASE
CRIME BRANCH CONDUCTSSWIFT OPERATION AND ARRESTS TWO CRIMINALS INVOLVED IN CAR-JACKING OF OUTER DISTRICT (WHICH LED TO ENCOUNTER IN NARELA).
BACKGROUNG AND INCIDENT:-
On 22 July, around 2:15 PM, a FORD Endeavour car bearing number HR-26-AW-8694 was robbed at gun point near SachdevaSchool, Sector-13 Rohini. An immediate search was launched across Outer District in search of the vehicle and the criminals.
During checking at Ghogha Crossing picket, in the area of PS Narela, Consts Baljit Singh Chahal and AS Bohara of PS Narela, spotted a white Ford Endeavour without number plates going towards Village Sannoth. Suspecting that the number plate might have been removed by the culprits, they started chasing the criminals without losing time after taking lift from a passerby vehicle.
In the meantime, the looted Ford Endeavour car hit a sidewall on a narrow road in village Sannoth. Both the police officials surrounded the Endeavour car and challenged the criminals. As they asked the criminals to come out of the vehicle, a scuffle ensued in which the criminals opened fire on the police personnel. Ct Baljeet Singh sustained bullet injury in his right thigh. In self-defence, Ct Baljit Singh also fired with his service pistol and one of the criminals got injured and later succumbed to his injuries. The other one managed to escape taking advantage of the commotion.
INPUT & OPERATION:-
Credible information was received by ACP KPS Malhotra through HC Ajeet that the deceased criminal is Amit Dahiya involved in K.N. Katju Marg car-jacking who subsequently died in a hot chase and encounter in PS Narela area. His close associates belonging to Pooth Khurd are absconding from their residence and involved in the incident.
On this information, a team led by ACP KPS Malhotra comprising Insp Naresh Chander, SI Brahamdev, ASIs Vinod, Nirmal Singh, HCs Ajeet, Pardeep, Anil, Ravinder, Consts Ravinder and Ajay was formed under the supervision of Addl. DCP Kumar Gyanesh.
The information received was corroborated through technical inputs. Based on this information, possible hideouts were raided at Palam and Gurgaon during the intervening night of 23-24.07.2013. The suspects Aman and Sumit Dahiya were successfully nabbed by the dedicated team from hotel Primero in Gurgaon.
MODUS OPERANDI & LIFE-STYLE :-
During interrogation, it was found that both are active associates of Amit Dahiya who died in an encounter with the police in PS Narela area (FIR No. 491/13, u/s 186/353/ 307/34-IPC, PS Narela). Both are cousins and were impressed by the lifestyle of Amit Dahiya, who used to take them out for eating and other entertainments frequently. Amit Dahiya always used to keep a pistol with him and eager to show off to his friends. On 22.07.13, they were roaming in the area of Rohini in a Polo car, they decided to get a new bigger car.
They hijacked a Ford Endeavour car opposite Sachdeva Public School on gun point which is registered at PS KN Katju Marg vide FIR No. 292/13, u/s 394/397 IPC, PS KN Katju Marg. They moved towards Bawana where encounter took place with police and Amit Dahiya received gun injuries. Later on, they assisted the co-accused to escape and themselves planned to escape somewhere in Rajasthan.
However, they were apprehended by the crack police team of Crime Branch. Both the accused are doing graduation and one of them Sumit is a national level boxer. They have national level and prominent Olympian Sportsmen in their family.
CONCLUSION:-