Dt.: 12/10/2011
One Nigerian National, One South African
Woman National arrested.
15 gms of fine quality cocaine seized.
Price of cocaine seized is worth Rs. 15 Lacs in
the International Market.
A team of officers of the Crime Branch led by Inspr. Vivek Pathak and consisting of SI Paramjet Singh, HC Sanjeev Kumar, HC Kanwal Singh, Ct. Satpal and W/Ct. Rekha under the supervision of ACP Bir Singh and overall supervision of Addl./DCP Crime Sanjay Bhatia have apprehended a drug trafficker and a user as well as supplier of cocaine and have recovered 15 Gms of fine quality Cocaine. The cocaine recovered is worth Rs. 15 Lacs in the International Market.
Information was received on 11/10/2011 by SI Paramjeet Singh that a person involved in trafficking of cocaine in Delhi would come at Aurovindo Marg, Delhi to supply cocaine. A trap was laid and two persons were apprehended. They were identified as i) Cedrick Kanyeba @ JJ (aged 26 years) s/o Joseph r/o St. Patrick 31, Kinshasha Nigeria Presently residing at Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi and ii) Cherry Samson (aged 20 years) d/o Colin Samson r/o 31, Langermann Drive Kenoington South Africa and presently residing at Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi. 14 Gms of fine quality Cocaine was recovered from Cedrick Kenyeba @ JJ and 1 Gm cocaine was recovered from Cherry Samson. A case under the appropriate sections of the NDPS Act was registered.
Cedrick Kenyeba was subjected to intensive interrogation. It was revealed that that he came to Delhi around 2 years ago. He started export of ready made garments from Delhi to Lagos Nigeria. After occurring huge loss in business he came in contact with a Nigerian drug trafficker. Soon after he started supplying cocaine. He came in contact with party girls and started supplying cocaine to them. He procured cocaine from a fellow Nigerian.
Cherry Samson was subjected to intensive interrogation. It was revealed that she is from Johannesburg, South Africa. She had done a degree course in Somatology from Hydro International College, Edenvale, Johannesburg, South Africa. After her studies she came to India about six months back. Initially she worked as a hostess in a famous night club of a Five Star Hotel in Delhi and was detailed in the VIP Lounge of the night club. About two month back she left her job and at present was attending high end social parties. She herself used cocaine and then she came in contact with people from high society and started supplying cocaine to them. According to her she has also featured in a F-1 Ad shoot recently held in Hissar, Haryana.
Further investigation of the case is in progress.
(ASHOK CHAND)
DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE:
CRIME & RAILWAYS: DELHI.
Dt. 12/10/2011
Ø Interstate racket of cheats busted and mastermind Ms Archana Singha @ Baby Singh along-with a fake Captain of Indian Army namely Ravinder Chauhan @ Ravi arrested.
Ø This gang duped more than 1000 innocent job seekers of More than Rs. 10 crores.
Ø Allured innocent job seekers by promising them jobs in Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
Ø The gang operated in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, MP, UP, Assam, Meghalya, Manipur, Nagaland and Hyderabad.
Ø 21 fake seals/stamps of Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare recovered.
Ø More than 200 fake provisional appointment letters of Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare recovered
Ø A list of 2000 prospective candidates recovered
Ø Cash Rs. 5.19 lacs and one Honda City Car recovered
Ø One sophisticated pistol, 15 live cartridges along-with fake Arms Lincese issued from Doda (J&K) seized from Ravinder Chouhan @ Ravi.
Ø More than 90 Bank accounts of different banks got freezed.
Ø 8 mobile phones recovered.
A team of officers of Crime Branch led by Insp. K.P.Singh and consisting of SI P.C.Yadav, SI Ram Niwas, SI Rajinder, ASI Ragender, HC Narender, Ct.Vijender, Ct.Yogender, Ct. Vikal, Ct. Naresh, Ct. Devender & W/Ct. Aarti Sharma in the supervision of ACP O. P. Yadav under the overall supervision of Addl.DCP/Crime Sanjay Bhatia have busted a gang of inter-state cheats and arrested Ms Archana Singha (aged 45 years) d/o Kiran Singha r/o Mohalla Garmur, Jorhat, Assam and Ravinder Chauhan (aged 27 years) s/o Kok Singh r/o Singhpur Road, Morar, Gwalior (MP). Cash Rs. 5.19 lacs along-with 21 fake seals/stamps of Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, more than 200 fake provisional appointments letters of Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and a list of about 2000 prospective candidates has been recovered. One sophisticated pistol, 15 live cartridges along-with fake Arm License issued from Doda (J&K) has also been seized. More than 90 Bank accounts of different banks have been got freezed. 8 mobile phones and one Honda City car recovered.
A complaint was received that Ravinder Chauhan r/o Gwalior (MP) claiming himself to be a Major of Indian Army has duped 38 innocent job seekers to the tune of rupees more than one crore, on the promise of getting them jobs in Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India. On the basis of this complaint, a case under appropriate sections of law was registered and investigation taken up.
A team was constituted to track the where abouts of the cheat. On 30/9/2011, hard work of the team bore fruit when SI Ram Niwas received information that Ravinder Chauhan would be coming near Hazrat Nizamuddin Rly. Station in his Honda City Car. On the basis of this information a trap was laid and accused Ravinder Chauhan was apprehended. He was carrying a sophisticated pistol along-with 15 live cartridges. He was found to be carrying an Arm Licence purportedly issued from Doda (J&K). The license when checked was found be to be fake. On interrogation he admitted that he used to impersonate as a Major in Indian Army and had collected crores of rupees from innocent job seekers on the promise of getting them jobs in Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Govt. of India. He further stated Ms Archana Singha r/o Jorhat (Assam) was the mastermind of this whole racket. A raid was conducted at Jorhat (Assam) and on 05/10/11 accused Archana Singha was also arrested from Jorhat (Assam) . Cash Rs. 5.19 lacs along-with 21 fake seals/stamps of Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, more than 200 fake provisional appointments letters of Assam Rifles and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and a list of about 2000 prospective candidates were recovered at the instance of Archana Singha.
Interrogation of Ms Archana Singha revealed that she was the mastermind of the whole racket. In 2007-2008, recruitment of Assam Rifles was held in Jorhat, Assam where she came in contact with a doctor who was Major in Assam Rifles. She succeeded in getting 3-4 persons appointed. She earned 10000 to 15000/- per candidate in this recruitment. Again in the year 2008-09 a recruitment of Assam Rifles was to be held at Cooch Bihar. She collected money from several candidates for this recruitment. But only a few candidates could be selected. She began to appoint agents in different parts of India. She appointed her agents in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, MP, UP, Assam, Meghalya, Manipur, Nagaland & Hyderabad. The agents used to allure innocent persons by promising them jobs and used to collect Rs 25,000 to 1 lacs per candidate as advance. Thereafter Archana Singha would ask her agents to bring all the candidates to Gauhati/Jorhat (Assam) and would ask them to stay in some hotel. She would manage some fake doctors/officers and would get candidates of Assam Rifles medically examined in the hotels/ houses. She would also get signed a blank answer sheet from them. Thereafter she would send them back and would ask them to wait for the result and appointment letters. After some time she would send a photocopy of provisional appointment letters to her agents and would ask them to deposit rest of the money before giving them original appointment letters. She used to collect Rs 1.5 lac to 2 lacs per candidate from the agents. After collecting rest of the money she and her agents would not take their calls. During the same period she also came in contact with one T Israil who told her that he has contacts in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. At the instance of T Israil she also collected money from hundreds of candidates for getting them jobs in Ministry of Health and Family welfare. She paid appx. Rs one crore to T Israil but no candidate could be selected. But she succeeded in getting Proforma of Appointment Letters and seals of the ministry of health and family welfare. Thereafter she allured her agents to bring more and more candidates. She collected huge money from them through her agents ie Rs 1.5 lac to Rs. 2 Lacs per candidate. When the candidates mounted pressure for their jobs she issued fake appointment letters to them and even arranged a training programme at Byrnihat ( Meghalaya). The similar programme was conducted at Institute of Physical Health and Hygiene at Mahipal Pur Delhi by Ravinder Chauhan @ Ravi at the instance of Archana Singha.
Till date they have cheated around more than 1000 job seekers and have collected money to the tune of more than Rs. 10 Crores. 90 Bank Accounts of different banks have been got freezed.
Profile:-
1. Archana Singha was born in Jorhat (Assam). She studied upto 12th std. She has four sisters and one brother. She is the eldest amongst all. Her father was well known contracter of Jorhat . In the year 2006 her father died after a long illness of 7/8 years. During this period financial condition of her family deteriorated and all the responsibilities of the family came on her shoulders. In order to offset her financial condition she master minded the job racket.
2. Ravinder Chauhan was born in Sagar, Madhyapradesh in the year 1985. His father is retired Naib Subedar from Raj. Rifles. He studied upto 12th class from Gwalior and was selected in Rastriya Rifles as constable in the year 2003. In the year 2007, while he was posted at Baramula, J & K, he injured his right hand and he was declared unfit for further service in Army and was placed in D Category. After getting compensation he came to Agra. He came in contact with Brijesh. Archana Singha was known to Brijesh. Brijesh assured Ravinder Chauhan about genuine recruitment in Assam Rifles through Archana Singha. He directly contacted Archana Singha. He also began to work as an agent to Archana Singha. He used to get his share of money from amount that used to collect from the prospected candidates for getting them job. He used to forward rest of the money to Archana Singha for the recruitment. Investigation has revealed that he has collected money from more than 400 persons on the promise of getting them job. He has made money to the tune of more than 3 Crores.
Further investigation is in progress.
(ASHOK CHAND)
DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE:
CRIME & RAILWAYS: DELHI.
PRESS RELEASE
Dated: 12/10/2011
BURGLAR NABBED, STOLEN ELECTRONIC ITEMS , STOLEN JEWELLERY INCLUING 700 gm GOLD & ONE Kg SILVER WORTH Rs. TWENTY LAKH FOUND DEPOSITED WITH MUTHOOT FINANCE OFFICES RECOVERED, NIGHT BRUGLARY CASE WORKED OUT.
With the arrest of a burglar namely Amit Kumar (Age-27yrs) S/o Satender R/o Kardam Farm Colony, Johri Pur, Shahadra, Delhi, South-West Distt. police has worked out a case of night burglary of Police Station Dwarka Sec.-23. Stolen Jewellery and electronic items worth Rs. 20 lakh have been recovered.
GIST OF THE CASE:
Complainant Govind Prasad Gupta s/o Lt. Sh. Manohar Lal Gupta r/o Sec.19, Pkt-2, Dwarka reported that on 20/4/11, he alongwith his family members had gone on a religious tour of ‘Maa Vaishno Devi’. On 24/4/11 in the morning, when they returned, all the three gates of the house were found opened and the locks were missing. Inside the house, the house-hold articles were found scattered all around. On checking, valuables including jewellery & electronic items worth Rs.20 lakh were found stolen. Upon this a case of night burglary was registered at Police Station Dwarka-23 and investigation was taken up.
INFORMATION AND OPERATION
On registration of above case police swung into action. Scene of occurrence was minutely inspected and photographed as well. Preliminary investigation suggested that the main doors had been opened with their respective keys and there was possibility of involvement of some inmate/known. Sources were infiltrated and discreet investigation was conducted. A special team comprising SI Atul Tyagi, SI Gilu Ram Meena, HC Manoj, Ct. Mohit and Ct. Satpal under the supervision of Inspr. Bhagwan Singh, SHO/Dwarka-23 was constituted to crack the case and scan past records of hundreds of criminals involved in burglary cases all over Delhi and in NCR region. After targeting the most prolific ones, their present whereabouts, activities and area of operation were ascertained. Further intelligence was gathered regarding the whereabouts and probable hide outs of the criminals, but the above exercise could not bear fruits.
Since huge heist was involved, the case was reviewed and a detailed investigation plan was drawn up. Members of the above team were boosted up. It was a huge effort on part of the members of the team who, after a lot of ground work and discreet surveillance through various service providers and electronic surveillance, were able to zero in on one Amit Kumar. Initially he tried to dodge the police by saying that he is a reliable member/part of the Gupta’s family and he can not commit such a dirty sin. He even vowed but Police kept quizzing him on this point as the police had already done a lot of ground work and had sufficient information about the accused by now. Accused finally broke down and confessed his crime.
INTERROGATION AND MODUS OPERANDI
Accused was subjected to sustained interrogation, who revealed that his wife has filed a case of dowry against him including his family members with UP Police so he wanted to get rid of court/police hassles. He had to pay full and final amount to the other party who demanded ample money. Accused had seen a Bollywood film on cable, owing to which a nasty idea of ransacking house of known struck to him. Accused was known to a girl namely Seema (named changed) and used to meet her persistently, who also introduced him to her family members. Accused had narrated a pitiable story of his down trodden family and gained their confidence. In due course of time, he got retrieved all the information of her house and valuables. On 18/4/11, the girl told that she along with her family members is going on a religious tour to ‘Maa Vaishno Devi’. In order to execute his plan, the accused first stole the keys of the house and made the duplicate of them. Thereafter, the original keys restored so nicely that none could raise suspicion.