In a significant breakthrough, the Cyber Police have apprehended two individuals accused of defrauding Bajaj Finance Company of Rs77,27,866. The suspects, identified as Dhanshyam Sukharam Chatarwal (24) from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and Naurtan Singh Sukhdev Ram (25) from Pune, were arrested following a thorough investigation.
Bajaj Finance, a non-banking financial company (NBFC) based in Chinchwad, Pune, provides various financial services, including personal and business loans. From June 19, 2024, to August 14, 2024, the company detected a series of unauthorized charge bank requests totaling Rs77,27,866 at its Chinchwad branch.
The fraudulent activities came to light when discrepancies in charge bank requests were identified, starting from July 3, 2024. An investigation revealed that the Aadhaar card photos and live images used in the Know Your Customer (KYC) documents for leasing Bajaj Pay EDC devices did not match, prompting the Cyber Police to track down the suspects.
Following directives from senior officers, a team from the Cyber Cell, including officers Sima Mundhe, Atul Lokhande, Saurabh Ghate, Pritam Bhalerao, and Priya Vasave, was dispatched to Jodhpur, where Chatarwal was arrested. During interrogation, he confessed to the crime and implicated his accomplice, Naurtan Singh, who was subsequently arrested in Pune.
The arrests were made under the leadership of Police Commissioner Vinay Kumar Choubey, with assistance from Deputy Commissioners of Police Dr. Shashikant Mahavarkar and Sandeep Doifode, and Assistant Commissioner Vishal Hire. The investigation is ongoing, and the accused are currently in police custody.