Website: www.delhipolice.nic.in E-mail: delpol@del2.vsnl.net.in Economic Offences Wing Crime Branch: Delhi Police 16th June, 2013 PRESS RELEASE TWO BUSINESSMEN FROM MAHARASHTRA ARRESTED FOR DUPING IFCI OF Rs. 5 CRORES! BOTH ARE DIRECTORS OF COMPANIES TRADE/MANUFACTURE OF EDIBLE OILS! DEALING IN THE COMPANIES COLLUDED TO FRAUDULENTLY OBTAIN WORKING CAPITAL LOAN FROM IFCI! SHOWED DOCUMENTS OF NON-EXISTENT THEMSELVES BY FABRICATING TRANSPORT RECEIPTS AND ACCOUNTS ! TRADE BETWEEN BILLS, INVOICES, A case vide FIR No. 116/12 dated 31.08.2012 u/s 420,406,409,467,468,471,477-A,120B IPC, PS. EOW case was registered on the complaint of Sh. Tapabarata Mohitra, Sr. Associate Vice-President, IFCI Ltd.(Industrial Finance Corporation of India). As per the compliant, one M/s Maven Industries Ltd had approached the IFCI for grant of domestic factoring facility. The Director, Ashok Kumar Rathi of M/s Maven Industries Ltd had claimed that they would supply soya refined oil to M/s Jayesh Oil Trade Pvt. Ltd.and needed working capital. IFCI provided financial assistance of Rs. 5 crores to M/s Maven Industries Ltd for meeting their working capital requirements. M/s Maven Industries Ltd had submitted four bills of the purported supply of soya products/soya refined oil worth Rs. 5.90 crores to M/s Jayesh Oil Trade Pvt. Ltd. Accordingly,IFCI disbursed Rs. 5 crores infavour of M/s Maven Industries Ltd under the factoring facility. Police complaint was lodged when IFCI discovered that the said loan was disbursed against fake bills and false representations by the alleged companies. The alleged companyhad claimed that they had transported the Soya refined oil through various trucks. However during investigations, the transporters informed that the various vehicle numbers, receipts and invoices provided by the Directors of Maven Industries Ltd were all false and fake as they had not sent their vehicles to Maven Industries on the dates mentioned. The directors of alleged companies i.e. M/s Jayesh Oil Trading Pvt. Ltd and M/s Maven Industries Ltd were asked to join enquiry along with complete information/documents, but they avoided doing the same. It was apparent that both the parties colluded to submit forged and fabricated invoices/receipts. The investigations revealed that the Directors of the alleged companies had falsified company’s accounts with intent to defraud IFCI by making false entries and submitting them to IFCI for obtaining the loan. At the time when the case was registered, the factory of the alleged person Ashok Kumar Rathi was got sealed by UCO bank for default on some other loan. Ashok Kumar Rathi, 1 thereafter, absconded and shifted his residence. As the instant fraud involved Rs 5 crores, a special team comprising of SI Rajnish Kumar, HC Suresh Kumar and Ct. Sudhir Kumar was formed to verify each and every document submitted by the alleged persons and to track them down. Both the accused were were finally arrested by the EOW officials from Maharashtra. Arrested persons:- 1. Ashok Kumar Rathi (51 yrs.) s/o Narayan Das Rathir/o Plot No. 11, East Vardhmaan Nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra(Director of M/s Maven Industries Ltd.) 2. Vijay B. Shethia(47 yrs.) s/o BhavanjiShethiar/o B-12, Rose Marry Apartments, Station Road, Vikraoli West, Mumbai. (Director of M/s Jayesh Oil Trade Pvt. Ltd.) Profile of accused persons:Accused Ashok Kumar Rathi, Director of M/s Maven Industries Ltd, is a commerce graduate and hails from a business family of Nagpur. He started his business under the name and style of M/s Maven Industries Ltd. He used to purchase bulk soya beans from wholesale market, extract oil from the beans and then subsequently sell them to traders in Maharashtra and Gujarat. He has set up a factory in Vardha Industrial Area. However, recently his factory was sealed by UCO Bank as he defaulted on payments of a loan. Accused Vijay B. Shethia, Director of M/s Jayesh Oil Trade Pvt. Ltd., is a Class XII pass and belongs to a business family of Kutch, Gujarat. He deals in trading of various edible oils including soya, sunflower, groundnut, mustard etc. He runs his business from a small office in West Vikraoli, Mumbai and buys bulk edible oil from manufacturers for large scale consumers. Modus operandi:To obtain financial assistance from IFCI, the accused Ashok Kumar Rathi of M/s Maven Industries Ltd had claimed that he would supply soya refined oil to M/s Jayesh Oil Trade Pvt. Ltd. The IFCI provided financial assistance of Rs. 5 crores to M/s Maven Industries Ltd for meeting the working capital requirements. Maven Industries then claimed that they had dispatched Soya refined oil through various trucks and had also given the vehicle numbers and receipts in this regard. However no such supplies were done. Forged and fabricated transport bills/invoices/challans were submitted to the complainant IFCI. Similarly, the other accused Vijay B. Shethia of M/s Jayesh Oil Trade Pvt. Ltd claimed that his company would procure soya refined oil from M/s Moven Industries Ltd. The companylater submitted forged and fabricated invoices/receipts and fudged corresponding entries in their account books for the said purpose. They also misrepresented through a confirmatory letter to IFCI that all the supplies had been received. (SANDEEP GOEL) JT. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, ECONOMIC OFFENCES WING, NEW DELHI. 2 16.06.2013 _______________________________________ CRIME BRANCH PRESS RELEASE NOTORIOUS SNATCHER CUM AUTO LIFTER SAGAR ARRESTED. A BC OF P.S. AMAN VIHAR PROCLAIMED OFFENDER IN A CASE OF P.S. SHALIMAR BAGH. COMMITTED ROBBERIES IN AURANGABAD (MAHARASHTRA). ALSO 5 CASES OF SNATCHING AND AUTO THEFT SOLVED. ONE SNATCHED GOLD CHAIN AND ONE STOLEN MOTORCYCLE RECOVERED. The Crime Branch has arrested one notorious snatcher- cum- auto lifter and recovered one stolen motorcycle and one snatched gold chain from him. The accused is a Bad Character (BC) of P.S. Aman Vihar and a Proclaimed Offender (PO ) in a case of P.S. Shalimar Bagh. INFORMATION AND THE OPERATION On 14/6/2013, HC Subash received secret information that Sagar, who is a Proclaimed Offender of PS Shalimar Bagh and involved in snatching and auto theft cases, will come near Sector 24, Rohini, alongwith one of his associates, namely Sandeep Kalia, to dispose off a stolen motorcycle. Acting upon this 3 information, ACP/SIT KPS Malhotra constituted a raiding party led by Insp. Satya Parkash consisting of SI Baljeet Singh, HCs Subash, Ajeet, Surender Rathi, Cts Raman Singh, Pushpender, and Ravindra under the overall supervision of Addl. DCP Bhisham Singh and a trap was laid at sector 24, Rohini. The Crime Branch team finally succeeded in apprehending Sagar, age 27 years s/o Shashi Kumar r/o E-7 Sharma Enclave, Mubarakpur Dabas Delhi, from Sec. 24, Rohini Delhi with a stolen motorcycle No. DL-8S-AQ-0799. However, his associate, namely Sandeep @ Kalia S/o Jarnail Singh R/o Mangolpuri Delhi who was riding the pillion seat managed to escape from the spot. On checking, one gold chain was also recovered from the possession of the accused Sagar. On interrogation, Sagar disclosed that the recovered motorcycle was stolen from the area of PS Jahangir Puri and the chain has been snatched from the area of PS K N Katju Marg. On enquiry, cases vide FIR Nos. 179/12 u/s 379 IPC and FIR No. 62/13 u/s 356/379/34 IPC were found registered in this regard at PS Jahangir Puri and PS K N Katju Marg respectively. The accused Sagar was arrested u/s 41.1 CrPC. On further enquiry, he was found to be declared a proclaimed offender in case FIR No. 593/05 u/s 359/379/34 IPC of PS Shalimar Bagh. ARTICLES RECOVERED:1. 2. One Motor Cycle No. DL-8S-AQ-0799 stolen from PS Jahangir Puri. One Gold Chain snatched from the area of PS K N Katju Marg. DETAILS OF INTERROGATION: During sustained interrogation, it was disclosed that both Sagar and Sandeep @ Kalia are school drop-outs. Sagar slipped into the bad company and gradually became a desperate snatcher operating in Outer and North West Delhi. So far, he is involved in more than 30 cases of snatching and auto thefts. During his stint in Tihar Jail, he came in contact of Sandeep @ Kalia. Due to his numerous involvements, he was declared a Bad Character of PS Aman Vihar. Due to sustained pressure from Delhi Police, he along with associates shifted to Aurangabad, Maharashtra after year 2008, where he was arrested in about 9 cases of robbery. During his stay in Maharashtra, he deliberately did not appear before the trial courts in Delhi, and was declared a Proclaimed Offender in case FIR No. 593/05 u/s 356/379/34 IPC of PS Shalimar Bagh. The following five cases have been worked out with his arrest: Sl. No. 1. 2. FIR No. 179/12 69/13 u/s P.S. 379 IPC 356/379/34 IPC Jahangir Puri K N Katju Marg 4 3. 4. 5. 62/13 39/13 24/13 356/379 IPC 356/379 IPC 356 IPC K N Katju Marg K N Katju Marg K N Katju Marg Keeping in view his active involvements in crime, he figures amongst the top ten snatchers of Delhi and NCR. (RAVINDRA YADAV), IPS ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE: CRIME BRANCH, DELHI. 16.06.2013 CRIME BRANCH PRESS RELEASE DELHI POLICE HAS BUSTED AN ORGANIZED RACKET INVOLVED IN SUPPLYING OF FAKE DRIVING LICENSES AND BIRTH CERTIFICATES. 21 FAKE DRIVING LICENCES, 31 FAKE STAMPS OF SEVERAL STATE TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES, HOLOGRAPHIC STICKERS, 5 LAPTOP, SCANNER-PRINTER, MACHINES RECOVERED. LAMINATION & CUTTER The Crime Branch has arrested two accused namely Babu Ram (age29 yrs.) s/o Kalu Ram r/o G-57, Bhagat Singh Park, Siras Pur, Delhi and Ram Singh @ Pappu (age-37 yrs.) s/o Rana Park, Siras Pur, Delhi, for running an organized racket in supplying fake driving license of several State Transport Authorities. 21 fake driving licenses, 31 fake stamps of several State Transport Authorities, holographic stickers, one laptop, scannerprinter, lamination & cutter machines have been recovered. INFORMATION AND OPERATION On 14.06.2013, SI Ashok Kumar of SOS, Crime Branch received a secret information that one Babu Ram, and his associates are indulging in selling fake driving license and birth certificates of different States & Transport Authorities, who will come at T-Point, Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, Delhi in vehicle No. DL-3C BS 7598. Immediately, a team was constituted under the leadership of Insp. Ashok Kumar comprising of SI Ashok Kumar, ASI Ranjeet Kumar, HCs Ravinder, Devender, Cts Rajesh and Hariom, under the supervision of ACP/SOS Suresh Kaushik and the overall supervision Addl.DCP/Crime Bhisham Singh,. The police team immediately swung into action and Ct. Hariom was deployed as decoy customer. A Maruti Ecco arrived at the specified place. Decoy customer Ct. Hariom approached the occupant who was later identified as Babu Ram and asked him for a fake driving license. Babu Ram struck the deal of making a fake D/L for Rs. 2000/- and took his photograph and asked him to wait for some time. After about one hour, he returned and handed over the fake driving license to the decoy customer. On finalization of the deal, the said supplier Babu Ram was apprehended by the police team. During the cursory search of the accused, 8 other fake driving licenses of different Transport Authorities, one fake birth certificate and one currency note of Rs. 1000/-, given by the decoy customer was recovered. A case vide FIR No. 104/13 u/s 420/468/471/34 IPC, PS Crime Branch, New Delhi was registered and investigation was taken up accordingly. During investigation, accused Babu Ram disclosed that he has been carrying out this illegal business of supplying fake D/Ls & birth certificates for the last one and a half year with the help of his associates namely Ram Singh @ Pappu, Dheerdhwaj, Akram Bhodha, Ashok and Dharamveer. He further disclosed that he used to purchase blank D/L card from Dheerdhwaj and get it prepared through Ram Singh and Akram. At the instance of accused Babu Ram, one of his associates namely Ram Singh @ Pappu has also been arrested from Siraspur, Delhi and 12 fake driving licenses, several 6 blank D/L cards, fake rubber stamps of various State Transport Authorities i.e. Delhi, Ambala, Gurgaon, Agra, Kanpur etc., 3 hologram stickers, one Laptop, one scanner-cum-printer, lamination/cutter machine were recovered from him. On sustained interrogation, Ram Singh disclosed that they are involved in this illegal racket for the last one and a half years and have so far supplied more than 1500 fake driving licenses to various persons. RECOVERY 1. 21 fake Driving Licences 2. 31 fake stamps of several State Transport Authorities 3. 3 Holographic stickers 4. 1 fake birth certificate 5. 1 Laptop 6. 1 Scanner-cum-printer 7. 1 Lamination Machine 8. 1 Cutter machine Further investigation is in progress. (RAVINDRA YADAV), IPS ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE: CRIME BRANCH, DELHI. South District 7 Press Release Date- 16/6/13 Bunty @ batua Gang – a desperate gang of auto lifters, busted by south district police. 7 costly motorcycles- stolen from central and south Delhi, recovered With the arrest of accused persons (1) Bunty @ Batua s/o Ajay R/o Village Deverkanchan P.S. Jarif Nagar, Distt. Badayun, U.P. (2) Ranjeet s/o Vinod r/o Village Bhamat Post Baut Distt. Mainpuri U.P. South District of Delhi Police has solved eight cases of M.V. theft and recovered 7 motorcycles. The team working under Inspr. Naresh Solanki/SHO PS Kotla Mubarak Pur and under overall supervision of Sh. Kulwant Singh ACP/Defence Colony busted this gang. Other members of the team are SI, Sanjeev, SI Vikas Rana, Ct Narender Malik, Ct Ravi, Ct Sachin and Ct Pawan. An information was received at Police Station Kotla Mubarak Pur that one notorious Autolifter gang namely Bunty @ Batua with his associates would come to INA Market, on a stolen Motorcycle with intention to commit some crime. A team was deputed and they spotted one Bajaj Discover motorcycle bearing number HR-26AM-4462 coming from Sarojini Nagar side via DDA Vikas Sadan towards INA Market. During further chase, the police party apprehended both the riders namely Bunty @ Batua s/o Ajay R/o Village Deverkanchan P.S. Jarif Nagar, Distt. Badayun, U.P. and Ranjeet s/o Vinod r/o Village Bhamat Post Baut Distt. Mainpuri U.P. It was found that the motorcycle was stolen from the area of PS KM Pur vide case FIR No. 153/13 u/s 379 IPC. Therefore, both the accused persons were arrested. FURTHER INVESTIGATION: During interrogation accused Banti @ Batua revealed that initially he had joined Vishnu Gang and committed several petty crimes along with the gang members. He was arrested by PS Okhla Industrial Area while he planning a Dacoity with his associates. After that he came in contact with Ranjeet and other gang members and started committing auto theft to fulfill his desires. He was also arrested in cases of possessing illegal arms and criminal trespass. 8 During the day Bunty and Ranjeet used to conduct reconnaissance of various areas and identify the vehicles which they would steal later in the night. They would then start their operations in the early morning hours. One of them would break the locks of the bikes, while the other kept guard in surrounding area. They used to sell stolen vehicles in the area of Badayun and Mainpuri Distt, UP. Cases Worked Out Sl.NO FIR NO. DATE U/S Police station 1. 134/13 19.05.2013 379/411/34 IPC Pahar Ganj 2. 257/12 18.09.2012 379/411/34 IPC Hauz Khas 3. 126/13 01.04.2013 379/411/34 IPC Hauz Khas 4. 153/13 13.06.2013 379/411/34 IPC PS KM Pur 5. 154/13 13.06.2013 379/411/34 IPC PS KM Pur 6. 155/13 13.06.2013 379/411/34 IPC PS KM Pur 7. 048/13 22.02.2013 379/34 IPC PS KM Pur 8. 078/13 20.03.2013 379/34 IPC PS KM Pur Recoveries 7 motorcycles Profile Bunty @ Batua, Age: 24 years Father’s Name & Address: Ajay R/o Village Deverkanchan P.S. Jarif Nagar, Distt. Badayun, U.P. Education Illiterate Accused Profession and Family back ground: He came to Delhi at the age of 9 years. He got in the company of Ranjeet and other gang members and started committing crime. Ranjeet, Age 22 years Father’s Name & Address Vinod R/o Village Bhamat Post Baut Distt. Mainpuri U.P. 9 Education Accused Profession and Family Back Ground: 4th standard His father is a farmer. Initially he worked in a Hotel at Pillanji, K.M.Pur and later he worked with a tent house. At Pilanji, he met Bunty @ Batua and started committing crime. Further investigation is in progress. (B.S. JAISWAL) DY. COMISSIONER OF POLICE SOUTH DISTRICT, DELHI South District Press Release Date- 16/6/13 Notorious Burglar Mahanand arrested 02 Laptops & 07 Mobiles recovered Special staff of South District has arrested a burglar namely Mahanand (32 Yrs) s/o Jagdish r/o Sahab Ram Ka Makaan, Near Wine shop, Dusra Pushta, New Usmanpur, Delhi and recovered 02 stolen Laptops and 07 stolen Mobiles from him. TEAM 10 Special Staff South District was tasked to solve cases of burglaries in south district. A special team consisting of SI Gyanender Singh, HC Rajbir Singh, HC Jagpal, Ct Sachin, Ct Harkesh & Ct Naresh was formed under the leadership of Insp Jasmohinder Chaudhari, Incharge Special Staff South District and overall supervision of Shri Kulwant Singh ACP/OPS/SD to work on burglar gangs on sustained basis. HC Rajbir Singh along with staff was present in the area of Police Station Saket near Metro Station when he received specific information that one person with stolen articles including Laptops and Mobile phones would be coming near Saket Malls parking area. Acting on this input the team apprehended Mahanand (32 Yrs) s/o Jagdish r/o Sahab Ram Ka Makaan, Near Wine shop, Dusra Pushta, New Usmanpur, Delhi. Laptop and Mobile phone were recovered which were stolen by him in Mehrauli area. During investigation, he disclosed that originally he belongs to Jharkhand and he has been living in Delhi for the last 17 years. Earlier he used to live in the area of PS Ambedkar Nagar. Later he shifted to Usmanpur area in a rented house. He used to reach South District late in the night to target the student’s houses/rooms between 02.00 AM to 04.00 AM early.; ACCUSED ARRESTED: 1. Mahanand (32 Yrs) s/o Jagdish r/o Sahab Ram Ka Makaan, Near Wine shop, Dusra Pushta, New Usmanpur, Delhi- He originally belongs to Village Sihodi, PO Sirsiya, District Giridih, Jharkhand. He was previously involved in cases of PS Mehrauli. Tuglak Road, Hauz Khas and CASE(s) WORKED OUT: 1. FIR No. 122/13 dated 05.3.2013 u/s 380 IPC, PS Mehrauli, Delhi. 2. RECOVERY: 1. One Lap Top of Dell Company 2. One Lap Top of Lenovo Company 3. 07 Mobiles phones Investigation of case is in Progress. Efforts are being made to arrest other accused and ensure further recoveries. (B.S.JAISWAL) Deputy Commissioner of Police South District, Delhi 11 South District Press Release Date- 16/6/13 desperate gang of Mewat busted Notorious accused Shaukat arrested after stiff resistance Had earlier attacked Delhi police team in Kotla Mubarakpur INTRODUCTION: Team of Special Task Force(STF), South district arrested a wanted and desperate criminal Shaukat, from village Bishra, P.S. Punhana, Nuh, Mewat, despite stiff resistance offered by their associates and local villagers. Shaukat, aged 23 years, s/o Babulal @ Bashir r/o village Bishambara, Tehsil Chatta, P.S. Shergarh, District Mathura, UP had earlier been involved in 10 cases of thefts, gangsters activities and armed robberies in Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. He was declared Proclaimed offender in Delhi and Haryana in several cases. One country made pistol used in the commission of crime was also recovered at the instance of the arrested accused person. INCIDENT: On the night intervening of 28/29-4-13, a team of Police Station Kotla Mubarakpur consisting of two sub inspectors and other staff was on patrolling duty in the area. Around 2 AM, they found some suspicious movements of a group of persons carrying a Tata 407 vehicle near Sewa Nagar. They tried to check them but the accused persons immediately boarded the Tata 407 vehicle and hit at the vehicle of Sub inspectors, wearing uniform, in order to kill them and to escape from the spot. They even dragged the police officer’s vehicle to some distance and then moved away. When both the SIs again tried to chase them the accused sitting in the back side of the vehicle pelted stone on police personnel in uniform. Due to 12 this, police staff received injuries and the police vehicle got badly damaged. A case of assault on police party was registered at P.S. K.M. Pur. TEAM & INVESTIGATION: This was a sensational case in which criminals from Mewat showed no fear of law. In order to nab the criminals, a team of STF, South District consisting of SI Arvind, SI Shashikant, HCs Asgar, Mukesh, Satender, Randhawa, Vinod, Ajit, Sachin, Suresh, Tara, Vijay Pal, Consts. Ajay, Praveen, Pradeep and Israel under the supervision of Inspr. Rajender Singh, I/c STF, South district, was asked to carry out the investigation and arrest the criminals involved. The team camped in the area of Mewat several days and developed intelligence regarding the criminals involved in the case. In the meantime it was also revealed that the same group had also been intercepted by joint team of Haryana and Rajasthan police in Bharatpur area where criminals Tata 407 overturned during the police chase on 6.6.13 and they ran away leaving behind the vehicle. The vehicle was impounded by the police of Bharatpur district. It was the same Tata 407 which was used in the assault on police personnel in K.M.Pur on 28/29-4-13. ARREST: The team of STF identified the criminals involved and on a specific intelligence nabbed the main criminal Shaukat after stiff resistance by the accused. They pelted stones on police party. Later at the instance of accused person a pistol with 3 cartridges was recovered. INTERROGATION: The gang of Shaukat has 10 other desperate criminals namely Arshad Pehalwan r/o village Bishru, Hakim r/o Bishru , Khursheed r/o Bishru, Tilu r/o Dhauj, Sonu r/o Bishru, Mustkeemr/o Bishru and Jameel r/o Singar etc. Shaukat has earlier been involved in 10 cases of armed robberies, robbery, thefts, gangster activities etc. in three states i.e. Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. He has been declared Proclaimed offender in one case of P.S. Okhla, Delhi and three cases of Faridabad. RECOVERY: 13 One .315 bore country made pistol with 3 live cartridges which he used in commission of crime (B.S. JAISWAL) DY. COMISSIONER OF POLICE SOUTH DISTRICT, DELHI 14