Noida: Eight people, including a woman, has been arrested for allegedly deceiving nearly 300 people throughout the country for five years on behalf of giving insurance policies, police said on Tuesday.
The suspects are believed to have stolen Rs 8-9 Crore.
The police have recovered almost Rs 47.5 lakh cash, several jewelry, Harley Davidson bikes, four cars, 16 smartphones, 85 Aadhaar cards, six laptops and several other documents.
In April 2021, the police received complaints from Riyaz Hasan (60), a person Pension General Manager of the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and Resident Sector 60, Noida, accused that he had paid Rs 1.43 Crores to those accused of 2017.
-2021 to buy and maintain 11 insurance policies.
“In 2017, Hasan received a call from someone who introduced himself as Tripathi AK and claimed to be a representative of an insurance company.
The caller lied Hasan to buy several insurance policies with a promise of high refund.
Then, some gangs contacted him, with more profitable offers, “Rajesh S said, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Noida.
Hasan has taken the voluntary pension from his company in 2019 and receives retirement benefits.
“The gang saw Hasan as a vulnerable target and began to call him regularly, demanding Rs 1-2 lakh and said that the policy would end if he did not make payment.
Hasan transferred a total Rs 1,42,74,330 from 2017-2021 to buy or maintain 11 policies, “DCP said.
However, in April 2021, Hasan visited the insurance company office and found no policy in his name.
“In April 13, Hasan realized it was a fraud and approached the Sector 58 police station and filed a complaint.
We, at first, faced the problem when the defendant turned off all Their numbers and go communicate.
It’s hard to track them, “said Ranvijay Singh, Deputy Extra Police Commissioner (ADCP), Noida.
However, the police then got a tip-off that Gang hiding was in Ghaziabad.
The police arrested the defendant from the Dasna area on Tuesday.
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The police have identified the defendant as Niraj Kumar (35) aka Nikhil Pradhan, a graduate of MBA and mastermind; Amar Pal (30) aka Pratap RAM aka Aka, Vikas Kumar (28) aka AK); SOHAN AK Gupta; Sushil aka Sunil; Swati Setia alias Preeti Tyagi; Shah Rukh Khan alias aka aka Shambhu Nath.
“During interrogation, they revealed that they used their aliases to call customers and deceived them before.
Most have worked in insurance companies and use the same data and knowledge in cheating people,” ADCP said to buy P.
RoPerties and upscale vehicles .
According to ACP-2 Noida Rajneesh Verma, the gang has revealed that they have properties in Dehradun and Ghaziabad.
“They have a flat in these two cities.
Definitely flat evaluation is not clear.
Defensively interested in luxurious lifestyles and buying upscale vehicles, including Harley Davidson motorbikes, which costs almost 10 lakh,” Verma said.
” What they steal is Rs 8-9 Crore.
Mastermind gets an Rs 1.7 lakh package per month to work in a company based in Mumbai, “he said.
The company, Indian essence, operates in the health care segment.
The defendant was produced in court and sent to the guardian, police said.