Delhi: Two fake ‘CBI officers’ arrested for fraud

New Delhi: The sleuths of the Delhi police has arrested four persons who duped gullible people in the guise of CBI officers. Fake appointment letters, admit cards, stamps, and other incriminating articles have been seized. The arrested are Rawender Singh alias Nitin (30), Ajit Pratap Singh (31), Ankit Singh (29), and Gyanendra Kumar (25). Accused Rawender and Ankit posed as CBI officers.

The police said that the cheat came to light when one Asif Ali approached the police and said that one Rawender Singh had promised to help him get a govt job.

The complainant further said that his brother arranged a meeting with Rawender Singh in Ginger Hotel at Vivek Vihar, Delhi. Rawender Singh introduced himself as a CBI officer and informed him that he will arrange a government job for him. He demanded Rs 3.5 lakh for the same. The complainant was called to Lucknow where he gave `3.5 lakh to Rawender Singh and his brother Ankit Singh. He was asked to fill in a form and was called to Kanpur where his signature was obtained on a register for training.

The police said that the complainant was then called to Unnao for training. However, he was informed that somebody else will undergo training on his behalf. He was given an identity card and informed that he has been appointed at the Food Corporation of India (FCI). Later on, his original identity card was taken back and the complainant was informed that the same will be provided to him at the time of joining. He was informed that he had been declared a permanent employee by the court and `5,000 was taken from him as court fee. He was later charged `5,100 and given a card of FCI. However, it came to his notice that he had been cheated.

During probe, intelligence was gathered with the help of secret informers. On the basis of the information, Ankit Singh was apprehended. At the time of apprehension, he introduced himself as sub-inspector of CBI and produced an identity card of CBI. He was thoroughly interrogated.

Four appointment letters of Railway in the name of various candidates for Group C and Group D jobs were also recovered from his possession. During further interrogation he disclosed that all four appointment letters are forged.

The accused further disclosed that he is the cousin of Rawender Singh who runs the racket and that they used to procure forged appointment letters, etc. from one Ajit Pratap Singh. Subsequently, Ajit Pratap Singh was apprehended from the parking near PVR, Saket. A lot of incriminating documents including OMR sheets, two appointment letters for the post of peon in SBI, blank cards of Bhartiya Khadya Nigam, two printed sacrificing letter for the post of new recruitment of RRB, one stamp of FCI, one stamp of road transport and highways, etc. were recovered from his possession.

On sustained interrogation, accused Ajit Pratap Singh disclosed that he used to prepare all the forged documents on his laptop. The laptop used in the commission of crime was also recovered at the instance of accused Ajit Pratap Singh. During further course of investigation accused Rawender Singh and Gyanendra Kumar were arrested. A lot of incriminating documents were recovered from their possession.

On interrogation of accused persons it was revealed that Rawender Singh is the mastermind of the job racket. He informed various agents through WhatsApp messages regarding vacancies in FCI, Railway, State Bank of India, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Income Tax, etc. He charged anything between 3.5 lakh to 8 lakh from candidates depending upon the nature of job. Agents arranged candidates and sent documents as well as payment to Rawender Singh. He usually completed some formalities to gain the confidence of candidates and issued forged appointment letters, identity card, etc. to candidates and usurped the money taken from them through the agents. From some of the candidates he had collected documents and payments directly.