Delhi: Five gang members arrested for duping people on pretext of getting visa

Five members of a gang were arrested in Delhi for allegedly duping several people on the pretext of helping them get visa by posing as representatives of reputed travel agencies police said on TuesdayThe accused were identified as Deepak Kumar Prajapati Ashik Beg Sajid Sonu Kumar and Asib Khan they saidPolice said that during the probe it has emerged that some foreign nationals are also involved in the fraud and may be operating from outside IndiaSeveral mobile phones debit cards bank passbooks and cheque books were among the documents recovered from the accused they saidThe matter was reported to police in October 2022 by a doctor of the Maulana Azad Medical College who was duped of Rs 50000 by the gang using the same modus operandi they addedIn his complaint the victim said that while he was searching for assistance in getting visa for Dubai he came across a travel agency online When he contacted them he was asked to deposit USD 1750 USD about Rs 139766 in a back account provided by them which was stated to be refundableThe doctor deposited Rs 50000 in the given bank account but after depositing the money when he tried to contact the travel agency its phone was switched off police said adding that even the email sent by him to the given IDs bounced backDeputy Commissioner of Police Central Sanjay Kumar Sain said during inquiry they collected details of the bank account wherein the amount was deposited and analysed the call details record of the available numbersAlso readMumbai 40yearold fashion designer allegedly raped abused by paramour after promising marriage case registeredThe inquiry revealed that the alleged account was in the name of one Deepak Kumar Prajapati Upon analysing the statement of the account it was found that there were many transactions in that account which raised suspicion that he could have cheated other people alsoThe available address in the bank record was found fake and further examination revealed that the account holder hails from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh A team was sent there and accused Deepak Kumar Prajapati was nabbed the DCP saidSubsequently his associates involved in the crime were also nabbed he addedDuring interrogation the accused persons revealed that they were being used for opening bank accounts on fake addresses and documents Some more people are involved in the fraud the senior police officer saidWhen a person searched online for visa assistance the accused would track it and then contact the person by posing themselves as representatives of authentic agencies working in the field To convince the targeted person the gang used to send email IDs similar to that of reputed agencies the DCP 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