GURGAON: With the arrest of eight persons, Faridabad police said they had busted a gang that forged demand drafts (DDs) and withdrew cash from banks across Delhi-NCR.Police have recovered Rs 47 lakh cash, a laptop, a few fake stamps and other documents from the accused. The accused were identified as Gaurav Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Omkar Singh, Jagan Singh, Pradeep Dhawan alias Raju, Sanjay, Amit Kumar and Madhur. Police said Gaurav and Vijay planned the forgeries.”The gang members worked in different fields and met each other through a common link. After planning to cheat banks with forged documents, they contacted a Rohtak-based man who works with an agency responsible for depositing demand drafts (DDs) of customers of the power department into a bank account. They also tried to rope in a bank employee, but he refused,” said Faridabad police spokesperson Sube Singh said.Singh said the fraud came to light on January 17, when a Delhi-based company lodged a complaint. The image of a DD worth Rs 1 crore was captured by one of the accused and sent to one Gaurav through WhatsApp. Gaurav forged the DD and printed it out with the information. The cash was then withdrawn from a bank in NIT area.”The bank was shocked when they receive the original DD. When they checked their records, they realised that the amount was withdrawn fraudulently. The bank manager lodged a complaint and a probe was initiated,” he added.Singh said the police arrested Madhur from Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat, Amit from Shamshabad in Agra, Sanjay from Faridabad, and Dhawan from Ballabgarh. The others were nabbed after they spilled the beans.
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