Nigerian Lottery Fraud Via SMS and Email Busted

Dated 30.04.2011

 Nigerian Lottery fraud via SMS and Email busted.  4 arrested including 3 Nigerian Nationals  Victims were told that they had won ESPN 2011 CRICKET WORLD CUP DRAW – worth 50,000,000 Pound sterling – no such draw exists.

A team of officers of Crime Branch led by Inspr. Jitender Kundu and consisting of SI. Anil Malik, ASI Jagdish, ASI Rishi, HC Ghanshyam, HC Sanjay Singh, HC Narender Dabas, HC Veerpal, HC Naresh, HC Anil, HC Abrar and Ct. Virender under the supervision of Addl. DCP Joy Tirkey have busted a Nigerian Lottery fraud in Delhi. 3 Nigerian nationals along with one Indian national have been arrested.

The Crime Branch had received a written complaint from Arvind Kumar S/o Sh. Ram Sewak R/o Trilok Puri, New Delhi that he had been cheated of Rs. 4,70, 425/- by someone who had promised him an online lottery of UK 50,000,000 pound sterling via SMS and E mail. A case under the appropriate sections of law was registered. During investigation the following four persons were arrested in this case:-

1. John (34) s/o Erhabor r/o 27, Okhoro Road opp Medical Store Road Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria (presently residing at village Munirka, Delhi) 2. Davies Inemhonlan (31) s/o Max Inemhonlan r/o 38, Opeifa Crescent , Lagos, Nigeria (presently residing at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi) 3. Sunday Mokobi (38) s/o Mokobi r/o Street No.4 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria (presently residing at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi) 4. Sameer Ahmed @ Guddu (26) s/o Mukhtiar Ahmed r/o Chauhan Banger, Seelampur, Delhi.

Modus Operandi

The Nigerian gang specialized in sending SMSs and fake spoofed e mail of lottery wins through e mail ID. [email protected]. The location of the sender is difficult to find in such spoofed E-mails. The lottery promised a windfall of UK pound sterling 50,000,000/- to the winner (victim) on an authentic looking web page. Once hooked the winner (victim) is asked to send sensitive information to a free e-mail account generated by the Nigerian gang. At the same time a cleverly drafted E-mail advised the victims to keep the matter secret till the Lottery Amount was received by them. The gang then notifies the victim through E-mail that releasing of the funds would require some small fee on the pretext of citing cost of transfer fee, Insurance, Registration, RBI endorsement fees, Government Clearance, Income Tax procedures, Customs Duty, Money Laundering Certificate, Anti Terrorism Certificate or Anti Drug Trafficking Certificate. Once the victim sent the fee, the Nigerian gang promptly, invented some other fictitious reason to further fleece the victim. The bank account numbers used by the Nigerian gang were provided to them by their Indian associate Sameer Ahmed. The victims were contacted both on the mobile phone through SMS and the internet using Spam mails. In order to win the confidence of the victim they informed him that they have opened an account with Reserve Bank of India in which they have transferred the money won by the victim and if the victim intended to verify this fact they provided the victim an URL (Uniform Record Locator) alongwith the account number and Pin number

SOFTWARE USED

The Nigerian gang used different softwares to facilitate the fraud.

1. AMS – Advanced Mail Sender – It is a spamming tool. It is used for sending spam mail. The gang used this program to send one single lottery mail to millions of people across the globe.

2. SMS Drafter - This software was used by the gang to send one SMS to 20,000 recipients at the same time.

3. SMTP Proxy server – This software was used by the gang to send spoofed e mails.

4. Bharti Mobile Locator – This software was used by the gang to locate a particular number on the map of India and then prepare an entire series of mobile telephone numbers to send one single SMS to up to 20,000 recipients.

In addition to these softwares the laptop seized from the gang also contains the following:

1. E mail IDs in bulk – yahoo IDs, G mail IDs and Hotmail IDs. 2. Certificate formats for RBI clearance, United Nations Anti Drug/Terrorist Clearance etc 3. Lottery formats of:

(i) ESPN 2011 CRICKET WORLD CUP DRAW (ii) WORLD CUP DRAW (iii) England Lotteries Ltd (iv) BMW Lotteries Ltd

THE VICTIMS

The complainant of this case received the following SMS which started his ordeal - BA-GOODNEWS, CONGRATS! YOU JUST WON 50,000,000 IN THE ESPN 2011 CRICKET WORLD CUP DRAW. TO CLAIM, CONTACT MR. GREG WILSERE VIA EMAIL. [email protected].

In addition to the telephones in India the victims received calls from England too. The numbers identified so far are 8860481980, 8860481982, 8860405597, +447017600735.

The victims belong to different parts of India and are mostly well to do and educated people. The scam has a distinct Metro City signature. The worst affected area were Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. The lure of huge amounts of lottery money led them to deposit their hard earned cash into the Bank Account Numbers provided to them by the scamsters.

Four Bank accounts, three of the State Bank of India and one of ICICI bank have been identified so far. The total transaction on the above mentioned accounts is more than Rs. 50 Lakhs since beginning of 2010 till date. Further scrutiny of the bank accounts is in progress.

BANK ACCOUNTS

Several bank accounts were used by the gang to run their racket. Four accounts have been identified so far.

1. Kavita Thappa A/c no. 30878003099 SBI bank 2. Vikiehiekho Rhesto A/c No. 300897963465 SBI bank 3. G.M. Enterprises A/c No. 025305003375 ICICI bank 4. Anil A/c No. 31001464869 SBI bank

PROFILE 1. John S/O Erhabor R/O Present Add: Munirka Village, New Delhi Permanent Add : R/O 27,Okhoro Road Opp Medical Store Road Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria - He was born in EDO state, Nigeria. He completed his diploma in Estate Management from Nigeria. After completing his preliminary studies he along with his friends came to India in the year August 2005. He was unable to find a suitable job in India. He had come on a student Visa for six months. He ran a garment business and exported the clothes to Nigeria from India. His Visa expired and then in the month of Sepetember 2006 he was arrested in Case FIR No. 646/06 u/s 14 Foreigners Act at PS H. Nizammudin. He was in the jail for three months. He came out on bail and started staying in Munirka with his friend Uwasike. He saw his friends use computers and earn good money in India. He started his own racket. He has been staying illegally in India.

2. Davies Inemhonlan S/O Max Inemhonlan Present Add: 291 , House Of Richpal Singh S/O Phool Singh ,Sukhbir Wali Gali Vill; Maidan Garhi, New Delhi Permanent Add : R/O 38, Opeifa Crescent , Lagos, Nigeria - He was born in EDO state in Nigeria. He completed his Graduation in Graphic Designers from Benin University, Nigeria. After completing studies he came to India in the year January 2006. He was issued a Tourist Visa for six months. Thereafter, his Visa was expired. He ran a garment business and exported the clothes to Nigeria from India. His sister, runs a garment shop in Lagos. However, the lure of fast money always enticed him. His passport had expired hence, he could not apply for a job. He joined John and others in running the fake lottery scam. He has been staying illegally in India.

3. Sunday Mokobi S/O Mokobi Present Add: 291, House Of Richpal Singh S/O Phool Singh ,Sukhbir Wali Gali Vill; Maidan Garhi, New Delhi Permanent Add : R/O Street No.4 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria - He was born in EDO state in Nigeria. He is an under Graduate Mass communication Okao University, Nigeria. He came to India in the year January 2007. He was issued medical Visa for three months. Thereafter, his Visa expired. He ran garment business and exported clothes to Nigeria from India. His brother runs a garment shop in EDO State, Nigeria. He has been staying illegally in India and joined his associates in running the fake lottery scam in India.

4. Sameer Ahmad @ Guddu S/O Sh Mukhtiar Ahmad Present Add: H.No.103 ,Gali No.12 Chauhan Bangar , Seelam Pur, New Delhi Permanent Add : R/O Vill: Taptara Po; Bisoli , Distt: Badayoun (UP) - He was born in Uttar Pradesh in Badaiyun. In the year 2004, he completed his Graduation from Rohilkhand University. Thereafter, he pursued his MA Ist year but left it midway. He has been residing in Delhi since 2002 in Bhram puri. After completing his studies he joined his cousin Nafees in the business of manufacturing jeans. He met John in year 2010 through a common friend Rohtash Kumar r/o Noida. Rohtash is also into the jean manufacturing business in Gandhi Nagar. He got opened bank accounts and facilitated the Nigerian gang in using the accounts to get money from their victims. He got 10% of the money transferred into the accounts. RECOVERY

1. Two laptops 2. Two Datacards 3. Two pendrives 4. Five Mobile phones 5. Four Bank Accounts

Further investigation is in progress.

(ASHOK CHAND) DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, CRIME & RAILWAYS, DELHI.

Dated 29.04.11

 DRUG TRAFFICKER ARRESTED.  350 GRAM OF HEROIN SEIZED.  HEROIN IS WORTH Rs. 35 LAKHS IN INTERNATIONAL MARKET.

A team of officers of the Crime Branch led by Inspr. Vivek Pathak and consisting of SI Satyawan, HC Abdul Hakim, HC Om Prakash & Constable Sohan Pal under the supervision of ACP/Narcotics and over all supervision of Addl. DCP/Crime Sh. Sanjay Bhatia, have arrested a drug trafficker and have recovered 350 grams of Heroin worth Rs. 35 lakhs in the International Market. On 29.4.2011, SI Satyawan received specific information that a drug trafficker will come to deliver Heroin to a contact near Main Bus Stand, Bhajan Pura, Delhi. On this a trap was laid and Kishan Mohan Gupta (aged 43 years) s/o Late Shri Ram Sneah Gupta, r/o P.S. Kotwali, Sahajjanpur, Uttar Pradesh and presently residing at Nehru Vihar, Karawal Nagar, Delhi was apprehended. 350 grams of Heroin was recovered from his possession. A case under appropriate sections of law was registered.

Kishan Mohan Gupta was subjected to intensive interrogation. He disclosed that his father is a liquor contractor of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He fell into bad company, left school and left the house and came to Delhi. He has a small upholstery fabrication unit at Karawal Nagar. However he could not make two ends meet and since he was already a drug user he got into the drug trafficking trade and started working for Rizwan @ Babloo a drug trafficker of Nehru Vihar. He was paid Rs. 10,000/- for delivery of each consignment. The present consignment was be delivered to a lady, Chachi r/o Garima Garden, Ghaziabad.

Further investigation is in progress.

(ASHOK CHAND) DY.COMMISSIONER OF POLICE CRIME BRANCH, DELHI

Dated 30.4.2011

 Cricket betting syndicate busted by Crime Branch.  Syndicate kingpin also found with counterfeit Indian currency.  Counterfeit Indian currency worth Rs. 1.69 lacs recovered.  Five persons arrested.  Cash, TV, mobile phones and note books etc. also seized.

Betting Syndicate

The Crime Branch in its continued crack down against betting syndicates operating during the IPL have again busted on 28.4.11 a betting syndicate which was operating during cricket match being played between Delhi Dare Devils and Kolkatta Knight Riders at Firoz Shah Kotla, Delhi in the area of Vill. Pooth Kalan Delhi. Four (4) organizers of betting syndicate have been arrested and cash, mobile phones, T.V. and notebooks have been recovered.

Specific information was received on 28.4.2011 by HC Priyavart that a betting syndicate is operating for taking bets of IPL Cricket Tournament being played between Delhi Dare Devils and Kolkatta Knight Riders at Firoz Shah Kotla, Delhi and the betting syndicate is operating from a Telecom Shop at Village Poothkalan, Delhi. After observing all the legal formalities a raid was conducted and four persons were apprehended. They were identified as (1) Deepak Kaushik (Aged-25 yrs), (2) Kapil Kaushik (aged-23 yrs), (3) Ankit Kaushik (aged- 19 yrs) and (4) Parvesh (aged- 19 years) all of residents of Poothkalan, Delhi. One TV, 6 mobile phones, out of which one mobile phone was being used as Dabba for obtaining rates and five being used for receiving the bets and note books were recovered. They had received bets worth Rs. 12 lacs till the time of raid. So far the total bets accepted by them in the IPL matches amounted to Rs. 2.5 crores. A case under the appropriate Section of the law was registered.

Recoveries

1. One TV with Remote 2. Six Mobile Phones (one mobile phone being used as Dabba and five for taking bets). 3. Note Books

Counterfeit Indian Currency Subsequently the personal search of Deepak Kaushik led to the recovery of Rs. 1,62,000/- counterfeit currency in the denomination of Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 500/-. A case under appropriate Section of law was registered.

During the course of investigation, another persons Kapil S/o Hari Om R/o Krishan Vihar, Delhi was apprehended and counterfeit Indian currency worth Rs. 7000/- of denomination of Rs. 1000/-was recovered from his possession. The money had been given to Kapil by Deepak Kaushik for circulating in the market.

Further interrogation revealed that Deepak Kaushik mixed counterfeit Indian currency with genuine Indian currency for making payment to the punters. He also circulated counterfeit Indian currency in the market. Deepak Kaushik disclosed that he had purchased Indian counterfeit currency from Ashok @ Ashu R/o Paschim Vihar. Ashok @ Ashu is absconding.

Recoveries:

Counterfeit Indian currency worth Rs. 1.69 lakhs.

Profile:-

1. Accused Deepak Kaushik (Aged-25 yrs) s/o Sh. Dharamvir Kaushik, r/o Village- Poothkalan, Delhi, He studied upto 10th class and is presently running a shop of mobile phone coupons and was also running a betting racket for the last two years. 2. Kapil Kaushik (aged-23 yrs) s/o Sh. Dharamvir Kaushik, r/o Village- Poothkalan, Delhi. He has passed JBT and is presently unemployed. 3. Ankit Kaushik (aged- 19 yrs) s/o Pawan Kumar Kaushik r/o H.No. 107, Poothkalan, Delhi He has studied upto 12th standard and is unemployed. 4. Parvesh (aged- 19 years) s/o Sh. Rajesh Kumar r/o H.No. 289, Poothkalan, Delhi. He is a student. 5. Kapil (aged 19 years) s/o Hari Om r/o Krishan Vihar, Delhi. He is a student of JBT.

(ASHOK CHAND) DY. COMISSIONER OF POLICE, CRIME & RAILWAYS, DELHI.

30.04.11

IN HOUSE CRICKET MATCH SATTA RACKET SMASHED : 3 ACCUSED ARRESTED AND STAKE MONEY RS. 77,500/- ALONG WITH OTHER ARTICLES RECOVERED

Staff of PS K.N.K. Marg smashed a satta racked being run on IPL-4 Cricket Match (Mumbai Indian Vs Rajasthan Royals) and arrested three accused namely Satya Prakash (33 years) s/o Dharambir r/o 447, Village Khera Khurd, Delhi and his associates Praveen Sharma (45 years) s/o Jagdish Chand r/o G-8/119, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi and Sandeep Khatri (25 years) s/o Satbir Singh Khatri r/o M-47, Arya Samaj Road, Narela, Delhi and recovered stake money Rs. 77,500/- along with other articles used in commission of crime.

BRIEF FACTS / INCIDENT :

On 29.04.11 at about 10 AM, SI Rajesh Kumar received a secret information from a reliable source that one Satya Prakash along with his two associates is running a satta racket on IPC Twenty-20 Cricket Match (Mumbai Indian Vs Rajasthan Royale) at H. No. G-3/4, Ground Floor, Sector-16, Rohini. After verifying the information, a team comprising of SI Rajesh Kumar, ASI Ramesh Chand, 328/OD, Ct. Prem, 753/OD, Ct. Anand, 1983/OD and Ct. Vijay, 2088/OD was constituted under the supervision of Inspr. Sanjeev Kumar, SHO/K.N.K. Marg. The team members took position around the said house and a decoy customer Naveen with Rs. 1000/- note was sent to negotiate a deal. The decoy customer negotiated a deal with Satya Prakash who told that if he stakes Rs. 1,000/- on Mumbai Indians, he will get Rs. 2,000/-, if Mumbai Indian wins the match. As soon as the decoy customer finalized the deal, he signaled the raiding part. Immediately, the raiding party raided the house and arrested accused Satya Prakash and his associates Praveen Sharma and Sandeep Khatri. On formal search of accused Satya Prakash, Rs. 1,000/- note vide which the decoy customer had finalized the deal was recovered from his pocket. On search of house, 1 television, 6 mobile phones, stake money Rs. 77,500/- and other stationery articles being used in commission of crime were recovered. In this regard, a case vide FIR No. 187 dated 29.04.11 u/s 3/4 Public Gamblig Act PS K.N.K. Marg was registered and investigation taken up.

INTERROGATION :

On sustained interrogation, accused persons confessed that they were watching the live match on television and were booking the stakes of different individuals by using mobile phones and were recording the entries in the registers and note pads.

PROFILE OF ACCUSED PERSONS :

1. Satya Prakash s/o Dharambir r/o 447, Village Khera Khurd, Delhi is married. He was earlier also arrested by Crime Branch for committing the same offence. He works as financer in his house and gives petty loans to middle class people by mortgaging their valuables.

2. Praveen Sharma s/o Jagdish Chand r/o G-8/119, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi is married. He assists Satya Prakash in his finance work.

3. Sandeep Khatri s/o Satbir Singh Khatri r/o M-47, Arya Samaj Road, Narela, Delhi is married. He assists Satya Prakash in his finance work.

RECOVERIES MADE :

1. Stake money Rs. 77,500/-.

2. 1 television

3. 3 mobile phones

4. 3 registers

5. 1 note book

6. 1 calculator

7. 1 mobile charger

8. 3 pens

9. 1 extension cord

(CHHAYA SHARMA) DCP/OUTER DISTRICT

EAST DISTRICT 30.04.2011

GANG OF INTERSTATE AUTO LIFTERS BUSTED WITH THE ARREST OF 2 ACCUSED PERSONS

15 STOLEN MOTOR CYCLES & 2 SANTRO CARS RECOVERED

INTERSTATE GANG OF AUTO LIFTERS BUSTED FAKE RCs RECOVERED. RECOVERY OF 15 STOLEN MOTOR CYCLES & 2 SANTRO CARS.

INCIDENT

Due to increasing motor vehicle thefts in the area of Sub-Division Gandhi Nagar a special team comprising Inspr. Raj Kumar, SHO/ Gandhi Nagar, Inspector Dinesh Kumar, SI Dilip Sinigh, HC Rishi Pal, HC Shiv Murti, Ct. Sudhir Tripathi, Ct. Rakesh and Ct. Anil Kumar was constituted under the supervision of Sh. Romil Baaniya, ACP/Gandhi Nagar. On 11th April 2011 HC Shiv Murti No. 525/E along with Ct. Rakesh no. 730/E on secret information during vehicle checking in the area arrested accused Inaam s/o Islam r/o Vill. Patholi, PS Bhopa Distt. Muzaffar Nagar UP with a stolen red colour Passion Motor Cycle on which registration no. DL4SAU 6659 was displayed. He was asked to produce the RC of the vehicle for which first he made excuses but later he produced the RC bearing the same registration number. When the particulars were checked through Zip Net the original no. of the Motor Cycle was found to be DL1ST 6325 which was stolen vide Case FIR No. 97/11 PS Pandav Nagar.

INTEROGATION

On interrogation of accused Inaam he disclosed that he had also stolen many motor cycles with the help of his accomplice Arif and Kartik Mishra. He was taken on Police Custody remand and on his instance accomplice namely Arif s/o Akhtar r/o Village Tissa, PS Bhopa, Distt. Mujaffar Nagar UP was also arrested. At the instance of both the accused, 15 motorcycles were recovered, out of which five were found stolen from the East distt., four from Noida, one santro car from PS Malviya Nagar and another from PS Govind Puri Delhi. Verification of remaining six motor cycles is under process. Efforts are being made to arrest Kartik Mishra who is still on the run. The gang had been operating in Delhi, UP, and Haryana. ACCUSED ARRESTED

1. Inam s/o Islam r/o Vill. Patoli Bhopa PS Bhopa, Distt. Muzaffar Nagar UP. 2. Arif s/o Akhtar r/o Village Tissa, PS Bhopa, Distt. Mujaffar Nagar UP

RECOVERY

S. Fake No. Chasis Engin Original No. Stolen vide FIR No. No. No. e No. 1 DL4SAU6659 53272 03165 DL1ST 6325 FIR No. 97/11 PS Pandav Nagar 2 DL7SAR8419 01887 01923 DL9SY 4875 103/11 PS Mayur Vihar 3 DL9S M 9454 09620 31991 DL7SAX 4865 4 DL3SAT 8457 13101 54858 DL-7SBA-8903 77/11 PS Mandawali 5 lDL7SAS 8269 506007 13002 UP16R 7216 302/11 PS Sector 58 Noida

6 DL7SAS 5676 94201 70331 DL-13SD-4777 7 DL3SBN 8881 26602 46723 8 DL4SAZ 4794 07251 07326 DL7SAR 91936 75/11 PS Mandawali 9 DL4SAU6432 85562 011687 DL-7SAB-0383 10 DL4SAU 6942 39728 49446 UP13X 1126 263/11 PS Sector 58 Noida 11 DL6SX 8077 30871 06048 12 DL4S AY 8295 70681 71235 DL3SBK 2054 263/11 PS Sector 58 Noida UP 13 DL4SAZ 5084 11513 11190 DL7SAY 8696 325/11 PS Sec. 58 Noida UP 14 DL3SAX5022 90780 24172 DL-5SW-3794 15 DL5SY 3732 04133 04272 5/11 PS Madhu Vihar 16 HR03 F 7175 98218 23408 DLESAQ 2937 303/10 PS Malviya Nagar SANTRO CAR 17 SANTRO CAR 51899 19893 DL3C AQ 8446 PS Govind Puri

PROFILE

1. Inam s/o Islam r/o Vill. Patoli Bhopa PS Bhopa, Distt. Muzaffar Nagar UP age-35 years, illiterate, having 5 sons and no previous criminal record found. 2. Arif s/o Akhtar r/o Village Tissa, PS Bhopa, Distt. Mujaffar Nagar UP age-20 years, Education- 8th, unmarried and no previous criminal record found against him.

( I.B. RANI ) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE EAST DISTRICT, DELHI.

EAST DISTRICT

30.04.2011 THREE MORE MEMBERS OF INTERSTATE GANG OF CHEATS LED BY ISREAL @LALA ARRESTED WHO HAD DUPED THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PERSONS ON THE PRETEXT OF INSTALLING MOBILE TOWERS OF VARIOUS LEADING MOBILE COMPANIES

Special Staff of East Distt. has arrested three more members of gang of cheats led by Isreal @Lala ,who were cheating innocent people of various states of India on the pretext of installing Mobile Towers. The Special Staff has arrested the following three persons:

1. Manoj Kumar Awasthi s/o Bansi Lal Awasthi r/o US-157, Madawali Fazalpur,Delhi, Aged-29 yrs. 2. Pradeep Kumar @ Kaku s/o Ram Babu Sharma r/o Gali No. 03, Madawali Fazalpur, Delhi, Age-20 yrs. 3. Brij KIshore @ Guddu s/o Rajendra Kumar r/o A-98,Madhu Vihar, IP Extension, Delhi, Age-25 yrs

Information and Team:

Special Staff East Distt. received a secret information that some persons are running an office in Acharya Niketan market where illegal business of cheating in the name of installing towers of various Mobile companies in several states is organised and have cheated thousands of innocent citizens by giving advertisements in newspapers. On this information a team under the supervision of Insp Rakesh Dixit ,I/C Special Staff/East comprising of SI Vinay Yadav, SI Satendra Khari ,ASI Satpal,ASI sukhbir ,HC Sirmohar,HC Nazir ,HC Praveen,HC Soma Singh,HC Swadesh Pal, Ct.Lokendra, Ct.Roop Singh, Ct Jitender, Ct Ashok, Ct. Shatrughan ,Ct. Anangpal and Ct. Praveen Yadav and over all supervision of Sh, D.L. Negi ACP/OPS/East was constituted and raid was conducted on 04.04.11 wherein five persons were arrested from Mayur Vihar Phase-1 in Case FIR No. 101/11 u/s 419/420/467/468/471/120 B/34 IPC registered in PS Pandav Nagar and later on Israil @ Lala ,the gang leader ,was arrested on 09..04.11 .During the course of investigation under taken further an account was created on WAYS2SMS.Com and registers which were seized from the accused arrested earlier were scrutinized and messages were sent to those people through this account who had been cheated by them .In that course hundreds of people contacted the Special Staff and sent their complaint against the accused .In the mean time one of the complainant from Punjab gave information that he is still receiving calls for installation of mobile tower .On this input local information network was again activated and sources were deployed to locate this office. In this course specific tip-off was received and a raid was conducted by the above mentioned team at A-101/102,Gali No.6, Madhu Vihar, IP Extension, Delhi and arrested three persons and recovered incriminating documents with 60 mobile phones .The office was situated in a very secluded place so that no one could reach over there .From this office, which was actually running at the behest of Israil @ Lala , the accused were running the activities of cheating on pretext of installation of mobile tower all over India for which huge commission was being paid to Isreal @ Lala .

Modus Operandi:

The accused persons disclosed that they gave advertisements in leading newspapers of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and other states that if anyone has appropriate piece of land and wants to get mobile towers installed can contact on given mobile numbers. The interested customers who contacted would be explained about the scheme by the telecallers as directed by the accused and would take down the details of caller/customer. The details are then given to the team leaders/ accused who send fake and forged letters with fake speed post stamps to the customers. Then they contact the interested customers and tell them to deposit the registration amount in an account number which they acquired by forged means. When the land owner/customer deposits the money, which is between 4-5 thousand rupees in that account they send a fake set of agreement letter to the victim. In that agreement the victim is lured of getting Rs 65,000- Rs 70,000/- as monthly rent and Rs 40 lacs as advance by the company and asked the victim to deposit Rs. 43,000/- as Govt. Tax in a given account number. When the prey deposits that amount in the said account, the accused would immediately withdraw the amount, then the team leader direct the telecallers that this person is not eligible and ask them to not to attend his calls. The gang of cheats has more than 100 accounts in fake names in ICICI Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India and State Bank of Patiala. For appointment of telecallers the gang separately gave advertisement frequently in newspapers. Telecallers were given Rs. 5,000/- as salary. This gang did not keep telecallers for more than two months for the fear of being exposed of their cheating racket and whenever the telecallers came to know of the fraud business they tell them to quit job.

RECOVERY: 1. 60 mobile phones 2. About hundred fake stamp papers 3. Hundreds of agreement letters of different mobile companies 4. Hundreds of job agreement letters 5. Fake seals of Govt. of India 6. Fake seals of various mobile companies 7. Fake speed post stamps. 8. Several registers maintaining records of thousands of customers. 9. Electronic gadgets.

PROFILE:

1. Manoj Kumar Awasthi s/o Bansi Lal Awasthi r/o US-157,Madawali Fazalpur,Delhi, Aged-29 yrs.He has studied up to tenth class and thereafter he worked in a mobile shop in Gaffar Market ,Karol Bagh,Delhi, He then came into contact with Isreal @ Lala who lured him into this crime. 2. Pradeep Kumar @Kaku s/o Ram Babu Sharma r/o Gali No.03, Madawali Fazalpur,Delhi, Age-20yrs. He studied up to Eight class and worked in a lamination shop for several years .To earn quick bucks he fell into this crime and got involved with Manoj Awasthi . 3. Brij KIshore @ Guddu s/o Rajendra Kumar r/o A-98,Madhu Vihar, I P Extension, Delhi, Age-25 yrs He hails from Bahraich ,Uttar Pradesh ,who worked in a factory in Sahibabad ,Ghaziabad UP. There he came into contact with a friend of Manoj who asked him to open a new office at Mdhu Vihar in partnership. The investigation of the case is in progress and efforts are being made to apprehend remaining accused and to identify all the duped customers from all over India.

( I.B. RANI ) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE EAST DISTRICT, DELHI. ORDER

Whereas, a large number of private courier services operate in and around the capital to facilitate sending of goods through courier across the country.

1. And Whereas, it has been noticed that the private courier services generally book goods or items to be transferred on the face value of the courier sender without bothering to verify his or her address thereby paving the way for unscrupulous persons using the courier services for illegal activities.

2. And whereas, instances have come to notice where criminals have used courier services to send incriminatory items, contraband and even dead bodies in the guise of courier.

3. And whereas, it has also been observed that the record of courier senders are not kept by the courier services or agents engaged in the business of facilitating courier of goods making it difficult for the investigation agencies to identify the culprits behind such crimes.

4. And whereas, it is thus rendered imperative to put regulatory check on the private courier services who deal in booking and sending goods from one place to another so that the anti social elements may not be able to use them to send incriminatory things through them and it is felt that immediate action is necessary in this regard.

5. Now, therefore, in exercise of the power conferred upon me by virtue of Sec. 144 CrPC, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974) read with Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi’s Notification No.U-11036/(i) UTL, dated 07/02/11, I, Bhoop Singh, Asstt. Commissioner of Police of the Sub Division Chayakya Puri of New Delhi District do hereby make this written order that all such private courier services or agents who deal in booking and sending goods in the jurisdiction of Sub-Division Chanakya Puri, New Delhi shall:-

(a) Maintain a register of courier senders and detail of goods to be sent through courier.

(b) Keep copies of identification documents like election card, ration card, PAN card, Driving license etc. of the courier sender for access by the police as and when required.

(c) Cross- check from the concerned company or office if its representative or employee approaches for getting the goods booked for courier in case sender is acting on behalf of a company or office or organization..

(d) Generally satisfy oneself about the goods before accepting the packet/parcel booked for courier.

(e) Install CCTV with sufficient number of cameras and recording system with play back facility, to cover booking office and the area where goods are to be kept. The CCTV should monitor anyone coming for booking a courier.

(f) The recording system shall preserve a digital record of CCTV coverage for not less than 30 days. (g) The private courier service or agent shall cause to copy the CCTV coverage on a CD and hand over to the police whenever demanded.

(h) Inform the nearby police station if the courier sender of the goods is found suspicious.

These orders shall come into force with effect from 29.04.11 and shall remain in force for a period of 60 days upto 27.06.11 (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier.

Any person dealing in business of courier services or agent who contravenes this order shall be liable to be punished in accordance with the provisions of Section 188 of the I.P.C.

As the notice can’t be served individually on all concerned, the order is hereby passed ex-parte. It shall be published for the information of the public through the press and by affixing copies on the notice board of the offices of all DCsP, Addl. DCsP, ACsP, Tehsil Officer, all Police Stations concerned and the offices of NDMC and MCD.

(BHOOP SINGH) ASSISTANT. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, SUB-DIVISION CHANAKYA PURI, NEW.

No. 925-955 /SO-ACP/Chanakya Puri, dated New Delhi the 29.04.11.

30.04.11

IN HOUSE CRICKET MATCH SATTA RACKET SMASHED : 3 ACCUSED ARRESTED AND STAKE MONEY RS. 77,500/- ALONG WITH OTHER ARTICLES RECOVERED

Staff of PS K.N.K. Marg smashed a satta racked being run on IPL-4 Cricket Match (Mumbai Indian Vs Rajasthan Royals) and arrested three accused namely Satya Prakash (33 years) s/o Dharambir r/o 447, Village Khera Khurd, Delhi and his associates Praveen Sharma (45 years) s/o Jagdish Chand r/o G-8/119, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi and Sandeep Khatri (25 years) s/o Satbir Singh Khatri r/o M-47, Arya Samaj Road, Narela, Delhi and recovered stake money Rs. 77,500/- along with other articles used in commission of crime.

BRIEF FACTS / INCIDENT :

On 29.04.11 at about 10 AM, SI Rajesh Kumar received a secret information from a reliable source that one Satya Prakash along with his two associates is running a satta racket on IPC Twenty-20 Cricket Match (Mumbai Indian Vs Rajasthan Royale) at H. No. G-3/4, Ground Floor, Sector-16, Rohini. After verifying the information, a team comprising of SI Rajesh Kumar, ASI Ramesh Chand, 328/OD, Ct. Prem, 753/OD, Ct. Anand, 1983/OD and Ct. Vijay, 2088/OD was constituted under the supervision of Inspr. Sanjeev Kumar, SHO/K.N.K. Marg. The team members took position around the said house and a decoy customer Naveen with Rs. 1000/- note was sent to negotiate a deal. The decoy customer negotiated a deal with Satya Prakash who told that if he stakes Rs. 1,000/- on Mumbai Indians, he will get Rs. 2,000/-, if Mumbai Indian wins the match. As soon as the decoy customer finalized the deal, he signaled the raiding part. Immediately, the raiding party raided the house and arrested accused Satya Prakash and his associates Praveen Sharma and Sandeep Khatri. On formal search of accused Satya Prakash, Rs. 1,000/- note vide which the decoy customer had finalized the deal was recovered from his pocket. On search of house, 1 television, 6 mobile phones, stake money Rs. 77,500/- and other stationery articles being used in commission of crime were recovered. In this regard, a case vide FIR No. 187 dated 29.04.11 u/s 3/4 Public Gamblig Act PS K.N.K. Marg was registered and investigation taken up.

INTERROGATION :

On sustained interrogation, accused persons confessed that they were watching the live match on television and were booking the stakes of different individuals by using mobile phones and were recording the entries in the registers and note pads.

PROFILE OF ACCUSED PERSONS :

4. Satya Prakash s/o Dharambir r/o 447, Village Khera Khurd, Delhi is married. He was earlier also arrested by Crime Branch for committing the same offence. He works as financer in his house and gives petty loans to middle class people by mortgaging their valuables.

5. Praveen Sharma s/o Jagdish Chand r/o G-8/119, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi is married. He assists Satya Prakash in his finance work.

6. Sandeep Khatri s/o Satbir Singh Khatri r/o M-47, Arya Samaj Road, Narela, Delhi is married. He assists Satya Prakash in his finance work.

RECOVERIES MADE :

10. Stake money Rs. 77,500/-.

11. 1 television

12. 3 mobile phones

13. 3 registers

14. 1 note book 15. 1 calculator

16. 1 mobile charger

17. 3 pens

18. 1 extension cord

(CHHAYA SHARMA) DCP/OUTER DISTRICT

1) Whereas, a large number of private courier services operate in and around the capital to facilitate sending of goods through courier across the country. 2) And whereas, it has been noticed that the private courier service generally book goods or items to be transferred on the face value of the courier sender without bothering to verify is or her address thereby paving the way for unscrupulous persons using the courier service for illegal activities. 3) And whereas, instances have come to notice where criminals have used courier services to send incriminatory items, contraband and even dead bodies in the guise of courier. 4) And whereas, it has also been observed that the record of courier senders are not kept by the courier services or agents engaged in the business of facilitating courier goods making it difficult for the investigation agencies to identify the culprits behind such crimes. 5) And whereas, it is thus rendered imperative to put regulatory check on the private courier services who deal in booking and sending goods from one place to another so that the anti social elements may not be able to use them to send incriminatory things through them and it is felt that immediate action is necessary in this regard. 6) Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by virtue of sec- 144 Cr.Pc, 1973(no. 2 of 1974) read with Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi’s is Notification No. U-11036/(i) UTL, dated 09.09.2010, I Ved Prakash, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sub-Division Connaught Place New Delhi District, Delhi do hereby make this written order that all such private services or agents who deal in booking and sending goods in the jurisdiction of sub-division Con. Place, Delhi shall:- a) Maintain a register of courier senders and detail of goods to be sent through courier. b) Keep copies of identification documents like election card, ration card, pen card, driving license etc. of the courier sender for excess by the police as and when require. c) Cross- check from the concerned company or office if its representative or employee approaches for getting the goods booked for courier in case sender is acting on behalf of a company or office or organization. d) Generally satisfy one self about the goods before accepting the packet/parcel booked for courier. e) Install CCTV with sufficient no. of cameras and recording system with playback facility, to cover booking office and the area where goods are to be kept. The CCTV should monitor any one coming for booking a courier. f) The recording system shall preserve a digital record of CCTV coverage for not less then 30 days. g) The private courier service or agent shall cause to copy the CCTV coverage on a CD and hand over to the police whenever demanded. h) Inform the nearby Police Station if the courier sender of the goods is found suspicious.

This order shall come into force with effect from 29.04.2011 and shall remains in force for a period of 60 days up to 27.06.2011 (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier.

Any person dealing in business of courier services or agent who contravenes this order shall be liable to be punished in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 188 of the IPC.

As the notice can not be served individually on all concerned, the order is hereby passed ex-parte. It shall be published for the information of the public through the press and by affixing copies on the notice board of the all DCP’s, Addl. DCP’s, ACP’s, Tehsil Officer, all Police Stations concerned and the offices of NDMC and MCD.

(VED PRAKASH) ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SUB-DIVISION CONNAUGHT PLACE, NDD

No.279-308 /R/ACP Connaught Place, dated, New Delhi , 29.04.2011.