Dismissed from Army, man now held for ATM fraud

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police solved 22 cheating cases with the arrest of an ex-soldier, dismissed from the Army in 2016. Meena, a resident of Rajasthan, had served in Army for 18 years. He was dismissed on allegations of theft, other criminal cases registered against him. Rajender Singh Meena (38), was arrested by South-West district police for fraudulently withdrawing money from others' bank accounts.

"Meena, famous as Robinhood in his village, spent a lot of money on villagers and help the poor. He was planning to contest for the Sarpanch's post in panchayat elections," said Devender Arya, DCP, South-West District. The police seized 32 ATM cards and around Rs 30,000 from him.

The police had received a complaint from Neeraj Kumar, a resident of Bihar. Kumar said he along and his friend Abhishek were staying at a hotel in Mahipalpur, Delhi. On August 23, he went to withdraw money from an ATM at Mahipalpur, but the transaction was declined due to some technical problem. The accused told him the ATM was working slowly and took the complainant's ATM and tried to withdraw money. He also swapped his card with some other ATM card and left the place saying the ATM was not working.

Later, the complainant received a message about withdrawal of Rs 30,000 through ATM transaction. The victim then called the police. The complainant and the police started searching for Meena. "When they reached the ATM where the transaction was declined, the complainant identified Meena waiting for other victims," the police said.