Three held for fraud using fake cheques
December 28th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Three people, including a resident each of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, were arrested in north Delhi for a financial fraud using fake cheques, police said Wednesday.
Aman Tiwari, a resident of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested Tuesday and Sagar, a resident of Najafgarh in west Delhi, and Rajpal, who hails from Haryana, were taken into custody Monday from Prashant Vihar, police said.
The accused used fake cheques to withdraw money from the accounts of companies.
Rajpal and Sagar were arrested after being alerted by the bank manager of ING Vysya Bank in Prashant Vihar. The two had gone to the bank to withdraw Rs.81 lakh using a fake cheque.
“These people were also involved in encashing a fake cheque amounting Rs.22.5 lakh. During interrogation, we came to know about some incriminating documents that were also recovered,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Chhaya Sharma.
She said the police were ascertaining the exact amount of money the three accused have defalcated and added that the figure may run into many lakhs of rupees.
The three revealed that they would collect forged cheques from Aman Tiwari, who had his base in Agra, she said.
They divided among themselves the money withdrawn from companies’ accounts using forged cheques, police said.
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