A 45-year-old man was robbed of Rs 20,000 by three people at a bank in Chembur. The accused were nabbed by police just half an hour after the incident.
Trio who duped many at banks land in police net
A 45-year-old man was robbed of Rs 20,000 by three people at a bank in Chembur. The accused were nabbed by police just half an hour after the incident. Ram Bhardrwaj, a resident of Mankhurd, had gone to the State Bank of India (SBI), Chembur branch, to deposit Rs 20,000 in his account. Being illiterate, he sought help from three people who were standing near him in the queue.
Promising to help him, the three took Bhardwaj outside the bank and started filling in the deposit slips. Then, they asked him to handover the cash, so that they could count it before depositing.
One of the three accused changed the 100 rupee bundle with a similar one, which had just two hundred rupee notes on its front and back side, and in the middle there were only blank papers cut to the size of notes. They wrapped it in a paper and asked Bhardwaaj to deposit it.
When Bhardwaj deposited the bundle at the counter, the clerk found that it had only two hundred rupee notes. Bhardwaj immediately alerted the security guards at the bank, who in turn alerted the police about the trio. A team of cops set out in pursuit, and soon nabbed the three from Gandhi Maidan in Chembur.
The three have been identified as Prince alias Vicky alias Raj Srivastava, 21, Mohammad alias Babu Khan, 20, and Sunil Gupta, 22, all residents of Antop Hill. The cash too had been recovered from them. They were charged under Sections 34 (common intention), 420 (cheating) of the IPC, and were remanded in police custody till September 13.
“The three cheated several people in a similar fashion at various banks in Dadar, Marine Line and south Mumbai. We are interrogating them to find out details of the past cases,” said Inspector Dilip Raut, who is investigating the case.
During interrogation the three revealed that the racket consisted of five members. Search were on for the other two. The banks too have been intimated so that security would be on the watch for frauds waiting for easy prey inside the premises.
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