In a major breakthrough, the Antop Hill Police arrested two members of an inter-state fraud gang involved in deceiving citizens with a cash bundle scam. The arrests were made in Delhi after a detailed technical investigation, cracking two cheating cases so far.
The case began when Afreen Abdul Hakim Shaikh, a 47-year-old housewife from Wadala, Mumbai, filed a complaint. On July 19, near the GTB Monorail Station in Sion Koliwada, Afreen was approached by two women and a young man who lured her with a bundle of cash. They convinced her to place her gold ornaments weighing approximately 21 grams (valued at Rs 1,36,800) into a bag, and then escaped with the jewelry.
A case was registered at the Antop Hill police station under Sections 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act. Utilizing electronic surveillance and technical intelligence, the police traced the accused to Raghubir Nagar in West Delhi. On August 11, a police team caught the duo in Khayala Police Station jurisdiction.
The arrested suspects are Pravin Kumar Jagdish Yadav (35), a driver, and Mani alias Nini Pawan Bavariya (37), both residents of Raghubir Nagar, West Delhi. Mani has a criminal record with three prior cheating cases in Delhi and a similar case in Mumbai’s Andheri area.
Both are now in Mumbai police custody, with investigations ongoing to unravel the full scope of their fraudulent operations and find other victims or accomplices.
