Pune: The Wanowrie police have captured the population of 25-year-old Loni Kalbhor, who allegedly behind a series of card exchange fraud at ATM kiosks throughout the city.
The police found RS3.5 lakh and 17 cards from the man, Shravan Minjagi, who was originally from Solapur and had lived in Loni Kalbhor in the country’s countryside for some time.
“Minjagi will roam around the ATM kiosk to oversee parents or individuals who are not familiar with making ATM transactions.
He will then offer assistance to those individuals.
In the process, he will replace their cards with Bogus and also secure personal identification numbers ( PIN).
Then, he will make a withdrawal using a original card and a pin, “said Senior Inspector Deepak Lagad on Wednesday.
Minjagi has delayed six people in Pune in such a way, police said.
Four cases related to fraud and theft below 420 and 379 of the Indian Criminal Code (IPC), respectively, was registered with Wanowrie, Loni Kalbhor, Hadapsar and Cantonese Police Station since June 22.
“Minjagi is a criminal in the police record with 11 cases listed in his name with Pune Rural, Solapur, Osmanabad and also Karnataka police since 2016.
He previously did some small jobs and then took to cheat people at the ATM to make money easily.
He will use money for Merry to make and live a comfortable life, “Lagad said.
The police team, led by the JAYWANT Jadhav Inspector Assistant, arrested Minjagi on June 23 after the pictures were arrested on CCTV cameras when he distracted a 61-year-old SRPF police officer, stole the last PIN and replaced the card that did not operate at an ATM In Jagtap Chowk in Wanowrie on June 7.
Minjagi then used a police card to attract RS80,000 from the ATM and bought a gold ring from a jewelry store on June 7.
The incident was revealed after the wife began to receive a text message on her cellphone from the money debited from her husband’s bank account.
“Minjagi is used for most of communicating in Marathi and Hind.
He has postponed six people to RS1.85,500 in the city since April 16.
We have called debit card holders to get more crime details by him in other places in the city.
Planning to register more shots towards him, “Lagad said.