New Delhi: Delhi police have arrested 28 people, including 25 women, for allegedly deceiving people with a fake loan scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana, officials said on Wednesday.
The racket was excavated when a woman, a resident of the Rohini 5 sector, filed a complaint to the police about cheating her money.
In his complaint, he reported receiving a call from a man named Satish who introduced himself as a bank employee and offered him a loan Rs 6 lakh under PMRGP, police said.
According to the scheme, the woman was only asked to pay Rs 5 Lakh, and Rs 1 Lakh should be released as subsidies.
The defendant asked him to transfer RS 21,500 to take advantage of loan offers, and was captivated by easy terms, he transferred the amount, said a senior police officer.
Then, the defendant stopped calling him, they said.
After his complaint, the bank account details on the complainant and the defendant were examined.
It was found that the deceived money was transferred from Kumar Satish’s account to Shubhan Khan’s account, the officer said.
The police received a tip-off and conducted a raid on Tuesday at an establishment against GTK Depot, Ramgarh, in the Jahangirpuri area where the call center was operated.
A total of 28 people, including 25 women, was found to work there.
Yogesh Mishra, Sunita Sharma, Sushil Bharti and Vijay Bharti were identified as the mastermind behind the operation, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Pranav Tayal.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the gang was used to offer loans under the central government scheme and would cheat people online and offline, DCP said.
The gang has cheated more than 1,000 people in the past two years collecting a large number and often changed addresses to escape from the police, he said.
Four computers, 19 cellphones, and one laptop among other equipment was confiscated from the ownership of the defendant, he added.
Fake loan gang caught in North Delhi, 28 held
