Delhi cop, IT dept staffer among 5 held for fake raid at businessman's house

Five people including a Delhi Police head constable and an Income Tax IT department staffer were arrested for allegedly conducting a fake raid at a businessmans house in west Delhis Janakpuri area police said on SundayHead constable Kuldeep Singh posted at the Crime Branch unit of the city police Deepak Kashyap posted as PS to ADG II Vigilance Income tax department JLN stadium along with Himanshu Ravinder and Shambhu Sharma a senior police officer saidWhile two people including a woman are absconding and efforts are being made to nab them the officer saidAccording to another police officer the IT staffer received information that a businessman in Janakpuri had around Rs 400 to Rs 500 crore in his houseJust before the raid one of the six accused asked others to include a woman as well in their plan so that the raids would look authentic the officer saidHe suggested that there are women in the house and when they enter the premises no one would suspect anything and inform the police after seeing a woman with them the officer saidThe incident took place on Tuesday around 830 am The businessman Kuljeet Singh lives with his wife sons and their families in the house The scammers entered Singhs house when he left his home for work police saidThe accused had a plan that they would enter the house when the head of the family Singh was inside They will portray that a genuine raid is going on and they would ask him for around Rs 10 to 15 crore in order to settle the case However when they reached the house they found that the businessman who has a business related to the lift operation in UPs Noida had already left the officer saidThereafter they had to conduct a fake search operation in the house They claimed that they were carrying a search warrant and took the mobile phone of all the family members and conducted the fake search in which they could not find anything and left the place in their car the officer saidPolice further stated that one of the family members informed Singh and their neighbours about the incident and later they approached the local policeThe Janakpuri police station received information and started the investigation They first got to know from the concerned department that the raid was fake They checked the CCTV footage of the area and spoke to the family members to get the clue about the scammers police saidThe vehicle was identified in which the accused came to the house It was found that the car belongs to the head constable police saidA case was registered at Janakpuri police station under relevant sections including house trespass of the India Penal Code on the complaint of SinghThe plan was allegedly hatched by Kuldeep and Deepak police said adding that Shambu suggested the name of the complainant as a potential targetFurther investigation into the matter is underway police saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever