This story is from June 14, 2020

Interstate gang of cheats bustedby Etawah police, five arrested

Interstate gang of cheats bustedby Etawah police, five arrested
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KANPUR:A five-member interstate gang of cheats was busted by the Etawah police on Saturday for allegedly impersonating Indian Revenue Service, Central Bureau of Investigation and Research & Analysis Wing officers and duping gullible people in and around the region.
The arrested gang members were identified as Manish of Jaswantnagar, Ram Kumar Rajput of Ekdil area and Saurabh Chauhan of Pakka Talab, Yogesh of Amroha and Balwant of Ramgarh Bihar.

According to police, the king-pin of the gang is Manish, who used to travel in a blue beacon-fitted Innova SUV. He along with four others posed as IRS, CBI and RAW officer, besides journalist. They targeted gullible people and extorted money by harassing and issuing threats to them.
The kingpin used to work as a probationary officer in a public sector bank, and was terminated from job for committing financial bungling a few years ago. Apart from Etawah, he also used to live in a rented accommodation in Noida.
During interrogation, it came to light that they had also made IDs of deputy commissioner Revenue of Delhi.
“We have also recovered two cheques amounting to Rs 9.5 crore issued in the name of a woman and of Rs 96 lakh issued in his name. Manish had also made a fake website and have expertise in IT. Also, a factory- made rifle, one pistol and one country-made firearm, besides two firearm licences have been recovered from their possession. A fake letter pad of CBI, five mikes of news channel, eight mobile phones, nine stamp seals were seized from them,” said
Etawah SSP Akash Tomar.
He added, “The cheats first used to make a complaint against the person on state government’s Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS) portal and then posing themselves as IRS/CBI/RAW officials, conducted raids at gullible persons’ residence or offices and extorted money by harassing and issuing threats to them. They were active in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida besides other districts of UP including Etawah. On the basis of tip-off, the police laid a trap near Luhanna Crossing and made their arrest possible on Saturday.”
The police are now verifying how many more civil services profiles under the garb of which they used to operate, they created, and how many persons they duped and how much money they extorted, along with how many cases they may be involved in. The police are now in the process of obtaining CDR (call detail records) of their mobile phones to tab their vicious network.
“They have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and further investigations are continuing. We are on the lookout for their other aides,” the SSP added.
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