Used to cheat people of lakhs, gang busted

Mahasamund. In the last one year, around 150 villagers have become victims of fraud by roaming around in Dhanbad, Ranchi, Gumla, Bokaro, Jashpur, Pathalgaon, in which they have admitted to defrauding an estimated amount of more than Rs 30 lakh. During the fraud, they used to make innocent villagers victims of fraud by pretending to be officers of the Central Government scheme, in which they used to even take photos from tablet computers. The accused were arrested by Surguja police on the information of an informer. 2 Apache motorcycles, 3 mobiles, 1 tablet computer and the amount of fraud amounting to Rs 24000 in cash were seized from the possession of the accused.

Surguja Police received information from an informer about 3 suspicious unknown persons roaming in a numberless motorcycle in Gangapur. On information, cyber cell and special team immediately went to Gangapur, cordoned off the three suspects traveling on two Apache motorcycles, stopped them and interrogated them. The accused named their names 1. Rohit Tiwari Father Late. Ramji Tiwari, age 25 years, resident of Gangapur Tiwari Tola Maniyar Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) 2. Krishna Kumar Pandey, father Jawahir Pandey, age 35 years, resident of Biramati police station, Pakdi district Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) 3. Gautam Pandey, father Hareram Pandey, age 30 years, resident of Biramati police station, Pakdi district Ballia ( Uttar Pradesh) told.