Dated 31.3.2013
CRIME BRANCH
“PRESS RELEASE”
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Inter State Gang of Auto Lifters busted.
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Eleven luxury cars recovered.
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Unique modus-operandi of purchasing “total loss” insured vehicles and selling stolen
vehicles after tampering engine/chassis numbers.
Bittoo and Ajay steal the vehicles of
the same make, model and colour of
which they have original documents
(of the “total loss” vehicles of
insurance companies), which were
supplied by Nadeem
Acting on a confidential input received by HC Deepak
Kumar, the AATS of Crime Branch busted an Inter-State
gang of Auto Lifters and recovered 11 luxury cars. The
information pertained to one notorious auto lifter Mohd
Illyas, who along with his associates, would come to River
Mall, Anand Vihar. And that many stolen vehicles could be
recovered if he was arrested.
A team of AATS Crime Branch, led by Inspr Rakesh Kumar Tyagi and consisting of SI Bhim
Sain, HC Deepak, Cts Raj Kumar, Kapil and Rajinder under the close supervision of ACP/AATS Zile
Singh and overall supervision of Shri Bhisham Singh, Addl. DCP/ Crime was formed. At the instance of
the informer, the above said accused was apprehended with a stolen TATA Indigo vehicle, who was
sitting on the driver seat. The number plate of the car was found to be fake and the car was found stolen
vide case FIR No. 144/13 U/s 379 IPC PS Madhu Vihar, Delhi.
Mohd Illyas was arrested in connection with FIR No.144/13 u/s 379 IPC PS Madhu
Vihar, East Distt, Delhi with the stolen TATA Indigo car bearing fake number plate.
During sustained interrogation, the accused Mohd Illyas disclosed that he along with his
associates namely Bittoo, Nadeem and Ajay had stolen many vehicles from Delhi and Gurgaon and also
that he had sold several stolen vehicles to one Rajbeer Singh. At his instance, the other associate Rajbeer
Singh was arrested from the area of PS Maya Puri, who is a junk dealer and receives stolen vehicles. His
second associate, namely Nadeem s/o Jahir Ahmad R/o H. No.1138, Gali Baradari, Novelty Cinema, Old
Delhi was also arrested and documents of several vehicles were recovered from him.
UNIQUE MODUS OPERANDI
The interrogation of the trio revealed that Illyas along with Bittoo and Ajay steal the vehicles
of the same make, model and colour of which they have original documents (of the “total loss” vehicles
of insurance companies), which have been supplied by Nadeem. Rajbeer Singh dismantles the “total
loss” vehicles in his junk dealer shop at Maya Puri and keeps back the Regn. papers instead of
depositing to Transport Authority (which is mandatory) whereas Imran tampers the engine and chassis
number of stolen vehicles in Gurgaon to that of “Total Loss” vehicles and thereafter disposes them off
as genuine vehicles.
RECOVERY: Total 11 stolen vehicles were recovered at the instance of accused Mohd Illyas, Rajbeer
and Nadeem. The details are as under:1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Rajbeer Singh dismantles the “total loss”
vehicles in his junk dealer shop at Maya
Puri and keeps back the RC instead of
depositing to the Transport Authority
(which is mandatory) whereas Imran
tampers the engine and chassis number of
stolen vehicles in Gurgaon to that of “Total
Loss” vehicles and thereafter disposes them
off as genuine vehicles
Tata Indigo-2
Tavera -2
Maruti Gypsy-1
Maruti Esteem-2
Maruti 800-1
Hyundai Santro-1
TATA Indigo-1
Hyundai Accent-1
TOTAL VEHICLES-11
CASES WORKED OUT:
1. FIR No. 144/13 U/s 379 IPC PS Madhu Vihar,
Delhi
2. FIR No. 205/13 U/s 379 IPC PS Kalyan Puri,
Delhi.
3. FIR No. 146/13 U/s 379 IPC PS Sultan Puri,
Delhi.
4. FIR No. 239/12 U/s 379 IPC PS Karol Bagh,
Delhi.
5. FIR No. 12/12 U/s 379 IPC PS Mahindra Park,
Delhi.
6. FIR No. 79/13 U/s 379 IPC PS Sector-40,
Gurgaon, Haryana.
7. FIR No. 120/13 U/s 379 IPC PS Geeta Colony,
Delhi.
8. FIR No. 45/13 U/s 379 IPC PS Janak Puri, Delhi.
Eight vehicles have been linked to the above 8 cases, whereas efforts are in progress to
match the remaining 3 vehicles.
(RAVINDRA YADAV)
ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE:
CRIME BRANCH, DELHI.
Website: www.delhipolice.nic.in
Economic Offences Wing
E-mail: delpol@del2.vsnl.net.in
Crime Branch: Delhi Police
31st March, 2013
PRESS RELEASE
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 FORMER MANAGER OF HOUSING FINANCE COMPANY ARRESTED
 DECLARED PROCLAIMED OFFENDER IN 8 CASES AND WANTED IN TOTAL 35
CASES
 CHEATED HIS FINANCE COMPANY OF ABOUT Rs. 1.5 CRORES BY DISBURSING
BOGUS LOANS TO NON-EXISTENT PEOPLE ON FAKE DOCUMENTATION
 OPERATED NETWORK THROUGH MIDDLEMEN AND PHONY GAURANTORS
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With the arrest of Vishwanath Tantri (48) s/o Sh. Kanja Gururaja Tantri r/o H. No. 24,
Opposite Shivamma Hotel, Nalakadiranahalli, Nagasandra Post, Bengaluru, the Economic
Offences Wing, Delhi Police has solved 35 cases of cheating and forgery.
The accused Vishwanath Tantri was the former Manager at the Bengaluru Branch of
the complainant company Maharishi Housing Development Finance Corporation (MHDFC).
Maharishi Housing Development Finance Corporation was incorporated under Companies Act,
1956 having its registered office at A-14, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate, Mathura Road,
New Delhi and was a NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Company). It had branches all over India
and was engaged in the business of housing finance. MHDFC was monitored & supervised by
National Housing Bank.
The complainant company (MHDFC) had alleged that between the period 1997 to 2005,
the accused person in connivance with his other associates had extended housing loans to a
large number of persons/borrowers for the purpose of either purchase of a house/land/plot or
construction of the house on vacant plots situated at various sites in Bangalore and surrounding
districts in Karnataka. The housing loans varied from Rs 3 to 5 lacs and were all disbursed
through the Head Office of the complainant bank situated in Delhi. Later on, it came to the
notice of the complainant company that the properties against which the loans were availed
were non existent and the guarantors also were not traceable.
After an internal enquiry,
MHDFC got a total 36 FIRs registered in P.S. Sarita Vihar, Delhi on Court directions in
November 2006 and subsequently all the cases were transferred to EOW in May 2009 for
further investigations.
During the course of investigation carried out by different investigating officers, the
documents related to the loan submitted by the alleged borrowers to the complainant Company
i.e. Maharishi Housing Development Finance Corporation were collected. Glaring and major
discrepancies were found in the application forms as well as supporting documents attached for
the purpose of availing the said loans. Many of the documents including salary slips of Bharat
Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML), physical verification certificates, property papers, verification
certificates from Tehsildars etc. were found to be fabricated and forged. Investigations revealed
that many loans were disbursed to non-existing persons, fake employees of M/s BEML and in
the names of some existing persons too who were not even aware that loans had been
disbursed in their names. The entire scam were encompassed in a web of deceit and an
endless trail of fake and non-existent papers and persons.
Investigations revealed that the documents enclosed by the borrower, co-borrower and
that of the guarantors along with the loan application forms were all verified in person by the
Branch Manager Vishwanath Tantri.
Modus Operandi
Following a unique modus operandi, both fake as well as genuine borrowers were first
made members of one Khumbha Credit Co-operative Society Ltd., Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru.
The membership forms as well as funds withdrawal forms were got filled up by the associates of
Vishwanath Tantri. The loan cheques issued in borrower’s name by MHDFC were deposited in
the account of Khumbha Credit Society in Dhanlaxmi Bank which were encashed by
Vishwanath Tantri and his associates, through the withdrawal forms in the borrower’s name.
As the fake paper trails were unraveled during the investigations, it emerged that the
accused Vishwanath Tantri had planned and orchestrated the whole scam. He, however,
avoided his arrest and remained underground. Various police teams had raided the address of
above mentioned accused Vishwanath Tantri several times but he was not found there.
Profile of the accused
Vishwanath Tantri holds a B.Sc. degree from Purna Prajani College, Uddupi. He started
his career as a Quality Control Inspector in M/s Jagdale Engineering Product Group. Later on
he joined M/s Canfin Home Finance a subsidy company of Canara Bank. In 1995, after
marriage, he took up an assignment with a new company namely Weizmann Homes Ltd. and
later on joined MHDFC (Maharishi Housing Development Finance Corporation) and remained
there till 2002 as Manager of the Bengaluru Branch. Many of the home loans sanctioned by
MHDFC through him became NPA and MHDFC got cases registered at PS Sarita Vihar, Delhi
in this regard in the year 2006. MHDFC has later closed down its operations.
Special Team formed
Vishwanath Tantri was wanted in 35 cases being investigated by Anti Forgery Section,
EOW and had been declared a Proclaimed Offender in 8 of these cases. A reward of Rs.
50,000/- had also been declared on the said accused. In order to affect his arrest a special
team consisting of Inspr. Raj Kumar Saha and ASI Habib Khan was formed. They kept a
24x7 watch at his residence in Bengaluru. Vishwanath Tantri made the mistake of dropping his
guard when he came home during the Easter weekend holidays. He was arrested by the
special team on 29.03.2013 in the early morning hours.
During further investigation of the cases, role of associates of Vishwanath Tantri will be
ascertained and their liability will be fixed.
(SANDEEP GOEL)
JOINT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
ECONOMIC OFFENCES WING,
NEW DELHI
LIST OF CASES OF PS SARITA VIHAR (TRANSFERRED TO EOW) IN WHICH
VISHWANATH TANTRI S/o KANJA GURURAJA TANTRI IS INVOLVED
Sl.No
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FIR No., U/s & PS
1.
2.
683/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
593/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/464/465/468/471/120B IPC,PS Sarita
Vihar
3.
594/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/464/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita
Vihar
4.
684/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
5.
696/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
6.
697/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
7.
685/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
8.
686/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
9.
682/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
10.
592/06, U/s 406/420/468/471/120-B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
11.
700/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
12.
704/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
13.
701/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
14.
712/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/464/465/468/471/120-B IPC, PS
SARITA VIHAR
721/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/464/465/468/471/120-B IPC, PS
SARITA VIHAR
735/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/464/465/468/471/120-B IPC, PS
SARITA VIHAR
741/06, U/s 403/405/408/418/420/422/423/463/464/468/471/120-B IPC, PS SARITA VIHAR
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
747/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/464/465/468/470/471/120-B IPC, PS
Sarita Vihar
748/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/464/465/468/470/471/120-B IPC, PS
Sarita Vihar
717/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120-B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
718/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120-B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
722/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120-B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
723/06, U/s 403/405/408/409/415/416/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120-B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
24.
25.
716/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
705/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
26.
714/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
27.
706/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
28.
713/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
29.
711/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
30.
715/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
710/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
707/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
698/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
708/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
699/06, U/s 403/408/409/418/420/422/423/463/465/468/471/120B IPC, PS Sarita Vihar
Press NOTE
Special Cell
 Interstate narcotic drug syndicate busted.
 Three members of syndicate including kingpin Validad Khan
@ Balidas involved in interstate drug supplying arrested.
 03.665 Kgs fine quality heroine recovered.
 3 mobile phones and 01 Scorpio Car used in drug trafficking
seized.
 International value of recovered drugs is more than Rs.10
Crores.
The officers of Special Cell, Northern Range, led by Insp. Attar Singh,
under the supervision of Satyavir Dagar, ACP/NR, have busted an
interstate narcotic drug syndicate by arresting three members of above
syndicate namely 1.) Mukesh @ Ajay s/o Pappu r/o C-6/109 Sultanpuri,
Delhi age-26 years, 2) Validad Khan & Balidas s/o Sultan Khan r/o Bisalpur
Road, Faridpur,Distt. Bareilly, UP age-40 years and 3) Mohd. Yasin @ Pawa
s/o Mohd. Safi r/o 1762, Gali Ghante Wali Pahari Bhojala, Turkman Gate,
Delhi and by recovering 03.665 Kgs fine quality heroine at the instance of
arrested drug suppliers. Case FIR no. 13/2013 dated 17.03.2013 u/s
21/61/85 NDPS Act PS. Special Cell, Delhi has been registered in this
regard. International value of recovered drugs is more than Rs. 10 Crores.
There was information about drug trafficking activities of members of
above syndicate. Surveillance was kept upon activities of members of this
syndicate. Hard work paid when Mukesh @ Ajay, one of receiver of Delhi
went to Faridpur, Bareilly and returned with the contraband drug.
Immediately 4 teams were constituted and stationed at Shahdara, Old
Delhi Railway Station, Sarai Rohilla in Delhi and Ghaziabad in UP to
apprehend Mukesh. Team stationed at Old Delhi Railway Station succeeded
in identifying Mukesh and he was apprehended at about 01:10 PM on
17.03.2013 when he got down from Alla-Hazart Express. 01kg heroin was
recovered from his bag. He was thoroughly interrogated upon which he
disclosed that he was part of big interstate narcotics racket being run by
Balidas and he had received the heroin from one Balidas from his house in
Bareilly, UP on the same day. Immediate raid was conducted in his house
from where another 01 kg heroin was recovered.
A police team was sent to Faridpur, Distt. Bareilly, UP on the night
intervening 18-19/03/2013 to arrest kingpin Balidas. A raid was conducted
at his house in Faridpur at 05:30 AM on 19.03.2013 and Balidas was
arrested. 625 gms heroin was recovered from him as he was trying to
dispose it by flushing out it in toilet. Another 490 gms heroin was
recovered from his Scorpio Car kept parked in his above house. Recovered
heroin alongwith Scorpio car has been seized.
On 20.03.2013, a raid was conducted at near gate No. 1 Jama Masjid
at about 05:30 PM and Mohd. Yasin age-57 years s/o Mohd. Safi r/o
Chandni Mahal was arrested at instance of Balidas Khan. 550 gms heroin
was recovered from his possession. Mohd. Yasin is a BC of PS Chandni
Mahal who has been previously involved in 17 criminal cases including 14
of NDPS Act and he is also convicted in 8 cases of NDPS Act.
Mukesh belongs to a poor family and worked in a factory in
Mangolpuri industrial area. He is married and has two children. He has one
brother and one sister. He got education upto 8th standard. Chaman, a
relative (Fuffa) of Mukesh used to supply heroin. He lured Mukesh to work
as his carrier. Mukesh had been working as carrier for Chaman till last
Diwali. Realizing that in case he is apprehended by police, it will only be he
who will have to face the legal proceedings. He started thinking of running
his own network of drug supply. As he knew the network, he started the
work of supplying heroin on his own.
Balidas originally belongs to village Behara where opium is grown in
legalized way. It is meant for medicinal and Pharmaceutical purpose.
However, bad elements stealthily divert a part of opium and use it for
manufacturing heroin. Balidas is expert in manufacturing heroin from
opium. Balidas used to prepare heroin in his fields in village Behara during
night time so as not to attract police attention. He used to receive supply
of heroin earlier from one Sultan Singh resident of Distt. Mandsaur, MP.
Mohd. Yasin is a BC of PS Chandni Mahal. He is involved in 17
criminal cases. He is also involved in one case of murder. He is also
involved in cases of arms act, hurt and 14 cases of NDPS Act.
Further investigation to identify other associates of Balidas is in
progress. Teams were sent to Madhya Pradesh and Distt. Bareilly, UP to
trace the remaining associates of Balidas suspectdly indulging in drug
trafficking.
(Sanjeev Kumar Yadav )
Dy. Commissioner of Police
Special Cell : Delhi