Cops bust gang of cheats, 2 arrested

Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a pan-India gang on Wednesday which had cheated people by impersonating as bank officials and obtaining their debit card details on the pretext of verification, police said. 

They cheated a Delhi-based person of Rs 85,000. The accused have been identified as Vicky Soni (26) and Sunil Pandey (25). Another accused, Mohan Kumar Mandal is still at large.

Based on a complaint by one Akshay Goyal at Sarojini Nagar police station, the police stated that he got a call by a bank official seeking his card details. The next day, Rs 85,000 were debited from his account. 

A team of Crime Branch along with the police found that the money had been transferred to wallets registered on stolen phones. Extensive investigation led to the discovery that the cheated amount was transferred to different bank accounts.  On developing a clue regarding the accused persons, a joint team of Crime Branch and PS Sarojini Nagar rushed to Chhattisgarh and two accused were apprehended from Mungeli, Chhattisgarh.