20.10.2013

CRIME BRANCH

PRESS RELEASE

THREE ASSOCIATES OF AMIT AGGARWAL (IMPERSONATED AS CBI JOINT DIRECTOR) ARRESTED BY CRIME BRANCH.

MOBILE PHONE, FAKE SIM CARD AND OTHER INCRIMINATING MATERIAL RECOVERED.

MOBILE PHONE DEALER, WHO PROVIDED ‘SIM CARD’ ON FAKE ‘ID’ AND WITHOUT PROPER VERIFICATION ARRESTED.

INTRODUCTION:-

Continuing its investigation, the Crime Branch has arrested three more associates of Amit Aggarwal @ Goldy, who posed himself as Jt. Director/CBI and recovered fake sim card, mobile phone and other incriminating material from their possession.

Earlier with the arrest of Amit Aggarwal @ Goldy, a high profile impersonator,the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has solved two cases of impersonation. In onecase the accused Amit Aggarwal had insisted Addl. DG/Foreign Trade, New Delhi to renew the “export license” of a private company of Jhandewalan, Delhi while in another case, he instructed the owner and General Manager of OMAXE builders either to pay Rs.60 lacs each for the two plots to the party of Rohtak against the earlier deposited amount of Rs.9 lacs each paid in 2005 or to settle the matter with them at the earliest.

The accused Amit @ Goldy had earlier disclosed that he had a very good command over oral and written English and he got the idea of extorting money from high profile persons and used his “skill” in settling issues with govt offices by watching the Bollywood movie “Special 26” about 2 months ago which was based on fake CBI officers. He was aware that the people easily getinfluenced and terrorized by the English speakers and CBI officials.Inthis way,by using name of CBI, he earned hefty amounts and settled disputed issues. He posed as a senior officer of CBI and tried to influence Addl. DG/Foreign Trade and senior officials & owner of OMAXE company for getting the issues settled.

PROFILE AND INVESTIGATION:-

During investigation of impersonator Amit case, the names of three more persons and some startling facts regarding issuance of new mobile connection on fake documents came to light. The profile of all the three persons arrested and the facts revealed are as under:-

  1. Punit Kataria (25 years) s/o Late Prakash Chand r/o QU-87, Pitampura, Delhi.He conspired with the main accused and procured the fake Idea SIM card intentionally on fake identity of election card and photo of another person namely Mukesh r/o Mangol Puri, Delhi and instigated the accused Amit Aggarwal @ Goldy to use the same for commission of crime, for pecuniary gains.
  2. Mahender Singh (32 years) s/o Diwan Chand r/o R-24, Phase-1, Budh Vihar, Delhiis the proprietor of “Singla Mobiles”, L-1240, Mangol Puri, Delhi. He is a retailshop owner of mobile phones and deals with the selling of new mobile phone connections. He collected the relevant fake documents fromPunit Kataria intentionally for pecuniary gainsand facilitated him in obtaining new mobile phone connection on fake SIM card without proper verification.
  3. Dilip Kumar @ Sonu (25 years) s/o Nand Lal r/o K-255, Mangol Puri, Delhi. In April/May 2013, he was employed in the CAF verification team of Airtelcompany where one Mukesh r/o Mangol Puri had applied for new mobile connection thereby giving his documents and photograph. His application for new mobile connection of Airtel was rejected and the accused Dilip Kumar intentionally provided the documents of Mukesh to his associate and an oldfriend Punit for pecuniary gains. On the basis of fake documents, Punit procured the relevant SIM card from other service provider i.e. Idea Cellular Limited to main accused Amit Aggarwal @ Goldy, which was used in the commission of crime.

Though thereare stringent rules and conditions regarding issuance and verification of a new mobile connection, some cell-phone dealers, for the sake of easy money,are still indulging in providing new sim cards and connections to the criminal elements on the basis of fake IDs/ documents. This may lead to even anti-nationals and terrorists getting mobile phone connections on fake documents and thereby cause grave danger to the National Security.

Delhi Police has been taking action against such illegal activities and would be cracking down on the criminals using fake sim cards and also take stringent action against the mobile dealers, who issue new connections on fake documents or without following the mandatory provisions regarding proper verification.

Further investigation is in progress.

(RAVINDRA YADAV) IPS
ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,
CRIME: DELHI.