Noida: With the arrest of eight people, Noida police on Tuesday claimed to have broken the cyber cheat gang which had cheated hundreds of people throughout the country crores rupees on behalf of the insurance policy.
The gang, which includes a woman too, has made around Rs 8 Crore to Rs 9 Crore since it started CON’s work five years ago and spent the money cheated to buy property and maintain a luxurious lifestyle, police said.
They have restored Rs 47 lakh in cash, jewelry worth Rs 10 lakh, 16 smartphones and more than 80 Aadhaar cards from the gang other than triggering a Harley Davidson motorcycle and four four-wheeled Harley.
The police have also found property in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand purchased by gang members from disadvantaged money and said this will be attached to the provisions of the Gangster Law.
“The gang was captured by the Sector 58 police station team that had submitted Fir in April 2021 concerning a complaint of a retired NTPC General Manager.
He had told the police that he had paid Rs 1.44 Crore to people with the premium name.
For insurance policies , “Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Rajesh told reporters.
“After being investigated it was found that insurance documents were Bogus and the retired General Manager had been cheated,” he said before DCP Ranvijay Singh and ACP Rajneesh Verma additional.
He said those who were arrested were identified as the mastermind of Gang Niraj Kumar aka Nikhil Pradhan, an MBA graduate, Amar Pal Preeti Tyagi, Shah Rukh Khan aka Rihan and Azharuddin aka Shambhu Nath.
Commissioner with Cinta Cinta Police Kumar has announced a gift RS 50,000 and DCP Noida Rajesh S has announced a gift Rs 25,000 for the Sector 58 police team that has damaged the gang.
DCP Rajesh said the action was taken on the basis of one fir and during the initial investigation of the police must know that the gang only targeted retired officials.
“Some defendants have worked in the insurance sector before and have accessed such data.
They will call these people and target those who are easily fooled,” the officer said.
The police have tracked two families, one in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and the others in Pune, Maharashtra, who had been cheated by this gang.
More details of them have been sought and police in these countries have also been told, he said.
Police officials said the gang so far understood has delayed 200 to 300 people throughout the country including from the national capital and countries such as Maharashtra, Gujasthan.
Fir has been put forward at the Sector 58 Police Station in Noida and further legal processes are being carried out, police said.