Gomtinagar police arrested four suspects who allegedly ran a fraudulent money doubling scheme and intimidated victims by impersonating Special Operations Group (SOG) and crime branch officers.
The arrests were made late Thursday near Vineet Khand, Gomtinagar, following an FIR lodged on July 16 by victim Rajkumar. He claimed that the accused took cash promising to double his money but later refused to return it. To silence him, they falsely claimed to be crime branch officers and warned him to forget the money.
Accused Identified:
Vishal Kumar (25)
Ram Bahadur (46)
Ram Prasad (34)
Anjani Kumar (40)
Police recovered 30 bundles of fake ‘children bank’ notes, Rs30,000 cash, a country-made .315 bore pistol, one live cartridge, and fake police IDs from the suspects.
According to DCP East Zone Shashank Singh, the gang used fake cash mixed with real currency to convince victims during initial meetings. After collecting money, they pretended to be crime branch or SOG personnel to intimidate complainants into silence.
Authorities are interrogating the accused to determine if the gang operated a wider inter-state scam involving multiple mobile numbers and more victims.
