DELHI POLICE EOW ARRESTED ONE INSURANCE AGENT FOR ALLEGES MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
New Delhi, March 9
The Delhi Police EOW held an insurance agency who allegedly cheated a senior citizen for Rs. 3.50 crores by floating various insurance policies.
The accused was identified as Dheeraj Sharma (32) of Krishna Nagar in Delhi. He was allegedly evading his arrest.
DCP Vijayanta Arya stated that the accused Dheeraj and his two accomplices Alok Goyal (insurance agent) and Nikhil Goyal (sales manager) were allegedly targetting senior citizens and duped them with lucrative investment offers.
The EOW had received a complaint from the victim Laxmi Chand Bhandari (67), a resident Saini Enclave stating that Alok Goel and Dheeraj Sharma, insurance agents, contacted him and lured to invest in various insurance policies to get lucrative returns and benefits.
The officials stated that on the said inducement, complainant agreed for the investment in insurance policies of M/s Birla Sun Life insurance in the name of himself and his family members and paid amount to the tune of Rs. 3.50 Crore approx for said purpose.
The officials stated that Alok Goel along with his other associates lured and induced him to get extra bonus on the said policies by the way of transferring the said policies in M/s DHFL, Bharti Axa, Reliance Life Insurance etc. and to win the confidence of complainant furnished him fake certificates and other documents, purported to be issued by M/s IRDA and other insurance companies.
The EOW had registered a case of fraud, cheating and criminal conspiracy under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
As per the investigation of the EOW, bank statement of the complainant was obtained and examined which shows debit of the alleged cheated amount. All the documents/certificates, purported to be issued by insurance companies and M/S IRDA, given by alleged agent Dheeraj Sharma to the complainant were verified from concerned agencies and the same were found forged.
The EOW also found that the original policies along with KYC documents issued in lieu of the payments received from complainant were obtained from concerned insurance companies. On the examination of the documents, it revealed that amount obtained from the complainant was fraudulently received by the alleged persons in their favour.
The officials added that Sharma confessed to his involvement in the offence alongwith his accomplice and further disclosed that they used to make call to persons randomly to induce them for investment in different schemes of insurance policies. They targetted senior citizens for inducing them and after receiving money from them, they used to make demand draft in favour of the insurance company for which they assured the victim to issue policy but they used the same in their favour at the time of issuing policy and get the policies issued in their favour.
