DELHI POLICE ARRESTED ONE FOR ALLEGEDLY CHEATING DELHI CA FOR RS. ONE CRORE
New Delhi, March 17
The Delhi Police South West District arrested who allegedly cheated a Delhi based chartered accountant (CA) for one crore.
The accused was identified as Vineet Bhardwaj who started with doing event management business and later got into property dealing.
DCP (South West) Ingit Pratap Singh stated that the accused had induced the CA by offering an office space of Rs.four crores in Dwarka at half rate in Rs. two crores.
As per the case details, the CA was contacted by an accused namely Sunny that he could arrange an office space in Dwarka of worth Rs. four crores in half the rate. This lucrative offer was actually an inducement to cheat him. Sunny had reportedly told him that an office owner in Dwarka is in dire need of money, if he could make maximum payment in lumpsum he could get the office space in half of the price. He was asked to arrange at least one crore in cash so that cash can be put on the table at the time of negotiation with the distressful seller.
The police added that the complainant fell in the net of the accused. He contacted his friends and known persons to somehow arranged cash of Rs. one crore. The complainant was asked to bring the cash at in Mahavir Enclave, New Delhi on March 11.
The police further stated that as per the prior conspiracy and associates of Sunny met the complainant at the above office and assured him that Sunny had been bringing the other party for above mentioned deal. They insisted that they would count the cash first before deal. After counting the cash in pretext of safety they asked to put the cash in the adjoining room of the above office and locked it. After some time accused two of them went outside on pretext of some work but in reality they reached in another adjacent flat, bathroom of which have an exhaust. They opened the bolt of above exhaust which opens in the kitchen attached with the room, in which above cash was kept. After that third accused on pretext of some urgent work went in the above room and locked it from inside and swiftly siphoned off the cash through above said exhaust to his associates. He then came out of the room locked it and went outside to drink the juice.
The police further said that the complainant had no idea that is money has been cheated and fished out of the above office. He kept waiting and callingthe accused persons, but no one responded. When the complainant doubted that he had been cheated, he called the police. The whole conspiracy was planned by Sunny involving afore mentioned accused persons.
The police stated that initially the accused was denying his involvement in this case and alleging of trespassing against the complainant. However, on sustained interrogation he revealed the whole conspiracy of cheating and criminal breach of trust that he along with his associates namely Sunny and others are involved. Sunny is the main master mind of the conspiracy and they as per plan induced the complainant to bring rupees one crore cash by offering him office space of four crore in half prize. He revealed that Sunny told them no one can arrange money in such a short time. As per plan they siphoned off the complainants cash through exhaust and ran away with cash thinking that the complainant would not inform police. He was not aware about the addresses of his other associates. So, it was very difficult to trace the other accused and recover the cash.
The police after much efforts received information that Sunny was coming to Inderpuri for hiding the cash. The police raided the spot and found cash of Rs. 70,40,000/-.
During interrogation, the accused Vinit Bhardwaj disclosed that he joined and with other accused persons to cheat the rich persons by inducing them in way of offering costly properties in low prices.The investigation of the case is going on.
Explaining their modus operandi, the police stated that they used to commit cheating and criminal breach of trust by inducing the potential buyers by offering them costly properties in half rate. They used to ask the victims to bring amount in cash to buy the property which is against the law of land and also the victim would fear going to the police after losing his money in cash payment.
