Delhi: Three arrested for impersonating Home Ministry officials, extorting money

Three men who posed as officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Delhi Polices Crime Branch were arrested for allegedly extorting Rs 18 crore from a retired commandant of the IndoTibetan Border Police by threatening to circulate his obscene video on social media platforms officials said on TuesdayThey also threatened him that a murder case will be registered against him as the girl he spoke to over WhatsApp had committed suicide they saidRavindra Singh Yadav Special Commissioner of Police Crime said the unit has busted a gang of cyber fraudsters and arrested accused Neeraj 22 Ajit 23 and Jarif 30 from Mathura Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur Rajasthan respectivelyAlso readRSS Ajit Doval coerced Agniveer scheme on the Army Rahul Gandhi in Lok SabhaJarif the main conspirator pretended to be a Youtube official and had also spoken to the victim at various stages by introducing himself as a senior official of the MHA and Delhi Police he saidThe trio used more than 20 bank accounts for transaction of money he addedPolice said the matter came to light after the retired ITBP commandant filed a complaint with southwest Delhi police in which he alleged that he came across a woman on WhatsaApp who threatened him to circulate his obscene video on social mediaAccording to the complainant he also received a phone call from a person who introduced himself as Inspector Ram Kumar Malhotra from Crime Branch Delhi Police and extorted money on the pretext of blocking the obscene video on social mediaLater he was told by the gang members that the girl who had called him had committed suicide in Rajasthan and further told him that matter has now become complicated and murder case will be registered against himThey extorted money on the pretext of closing the murder case pretending to be senior police officers and officials of the MHA at different intervalsThe accused had extorted a total sum of about Rs 180 crore and were demanding more money from himThe senior police officer said that to crack the case the team collected information and analyzed details of over 200 mobile phones and obtained details of more than 20 accounts of various banks After analysis of the bank accounts details it was revealed that the accused had extorted about Rs 18 croreAfter technical analysis it was established that they used to operate the gang from Mathura and Bharatpur from different mobile phone numbers The team conducted raids in Mathura and Bharatpur and apprehended the three accused he addedElaborating on the modus operandi the officer said accused Neeraj has opened a bank account in his name at Mathura but the ATM card cheque book and other bank accountrelated documents were not with him He received cash from the other accused to provide his bank account for using the same for cheating and Rs 175 lakh were transferred in his account for the sameSimilarly Ajit also opened a bank account in his name and the alleged account was misused in the same manner for which he received Rs 415 lakh he saidTo make easy money Jarif got into an online fraud He is one of the main conspirators He along with the other accused had extorted Rs 18 crore He pretended to be a Youtube official while talking to the victim He purchased a Thar a plot and agriculture land with the money received from extortion the Special Commissioner of Police Crime addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever