The recently-arrested gang members, who posed as high-profile persons with links to senior politicians, used to lure businessmen into procuring large loans from politicians with black money at minimal interest rate, said a senior police officer on Friday. During investigation, the accused confessed that they have cheated more than 30 people to the tune of ₹10 crore.
On Tuesday, Delhi Police had arrested five members of a gang and an alleged employee of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) headquarters in central Delhi for duping a businessman and several others on the pretext of securing loan at low interest rate.
Meeting at AICC HQ
They targeted businessmen by communicating with them that politicians have a lot of black money that they can’t deposit in the bank. So they can arrange the money to the businessmen at a low interest rate and they will charge one percent as brokerage. They used to call the victims at the AICC headquarters and the first meeting would be held inside the premises. The victims never came to meet any politician or officer-bearer. Thereafter, all the negotiations were held at the farmhouse hired by gang kingpin Rakesh Tiwari for ₹5 lakh a month. Tiwari used to feign as Home Minister Amit Shah’s personal assistant, the officer said.
The entire gang was exposed after one of the victims reached out to Home Minister’s office and disclosed the details of cheating, said a police officer.
“The gang members were questioned in police remand. They will be produced before a court on Saturday. We are gathering details of victims who were cheated by the gang. We have enough evidences against the accused. They had hired private security persons on ₹1,200 per day,” he said.
An SUV car, two pilot gypsies and mobile phones have been seized from the possession of Tiwari. He lived a lavish lifestyle to attract businessmen. At his farmhouse, he had a walky-talkie, handheld metal detector and Door Frame Metal Detectors (DFMD) to create an impression that high-risk category VVIPs stayed there.
