After being chased for eight long years, a husband-wife duo running an illegal chit fund scheme in Delhi, who duped several people to the tune of lakhs, was arrested by Delhi Police from the GTB Hospital Residential Complex, police said on Friday. The couple, identified as Mattathil Joseph Sebastian (54) and Rani Sebastian (56), had come to Delhi from Kottayam district in Kerala and rented a room at Mayur Vihar III, from where they allegedly operated their business. The first FIR against them was registered at the New Ashok Nagar Police Station in December 2006. They went absconding since then.
Soon after the investigation was taken up, around 15 more people approached the police in a few weeks to register FIRs against the same couple. From the complaints reported against the couple, it emerged that they had allegedly duped people in Delhi to the tune of Rs 12 lakh. After a failed search that lasted for more than two years, the Sebastian couple was declared proclaimed offenders by a court in Delhi. Almost after two years, a charge-sheet was filed against them and Delhi Police continued searching for them, said Rajneesh Garg, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing).
On February 14, 2015, the police received a tip off and the Sebastian couple was arrested from the GTB Hospital Residential Complex in central Delhi. They told the plice that they lived at the Port Blair residence for quite some time and left the house because they were informed about the police raid, said Rajneesh Garg.
Soon after the investigation was taken up, around 15 more people approached the police in a few weeks to register FIRs against the same couple. From the complaints reported against the couple, it emerged that they had allegedly duped people in Delhi to the tune of Rs 12 lakh. After a failed search that lasted for more than two years, the Sebastian couple was declared proclaimed offenders by a court in Delhi. Almost after two years, a charge-sheet was filed against them and Delhi Police continued searching for them, said Rajneesh Garg, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing).
On February 14, 2015, the police received a tip off and the Sebastian couple was arrested from the GTB Hospital Residential Complex in central Delhi. They told the plice that they lived at the Port Blair residence for quite some time and left the house because they were informed about the police raid, said Rajneesh Garg.