Gurugram: Investigation of Rs 1.4 crore fraud in the city former loan agent 500 with a nationalized bank. has come into the limelight over alleged irregularities in the issuance of SIM card A major telecom company which was used by the accused.
Bank officials are already facing investigation for the alleged leak of customer data.
Mastermind Praveen Mittal had allegedly cheated a farmer in the city in 2019. Mittal succeeded in getting the mobile number linked to the farmer’s bank account changed.
Besides the former loan agent, Mittal’s six accomplices who had allegedly supplied SIM cards without required documents have been arrested so far. The second FIR, in this case, was registered on Saturday at Sector 37 police station under IPC sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) and 471 (using forged documents). An FIR was lodged in the same police station in June 2019 after the fraud came to light.
Saturday’s FIR states that six people illegally purchased 500 SIM cards with alleged connivance. Airtel The officials and other persons violated the norms set by the DoT and sold them to various people. The police are expected to name more people in the FIR as the investigation progresses. A SIM card was used by Mittal to dupe the farmer.
Apart from some Airtel executives, the police are also probing the role of Dinesh Sharma, who allegedly forged papers of a recruitment company in Gurgaon and helped the racket get SIM cards. “The SIM card could have been used for anti-national activities,” a police officer said.
An Airtel spokesperson told TOI that they are cooperating with the police. “As a law-abiding company, we have extended full cooperation to the authorities and will continue to assist them. Since the matter is sub-judice, we are unable to comment further,” the spokesperson said.
Second FIR comes after Punjab and Haryana high Court To investigate how many SIM cards were issued fraudulently, the Gurgaon Police was ordered to register a separate case.
The matter was taken up in a hearing held on August 16 in which bank officials sought anticipatory bail from the High Court as part of the probe for their role in the fraud.
“We found that the accused bought around 500 SIM cards illegally. ACP (DLF) Karan Goel, who headed the Special Investigation Team set up to probe the case, said the details of the investigation were presented before the high court during the hearing.
Bank officials are already facing investigation for the alleged leak of customer data.
Mastermind Praveen Mittal had allegedly cheated a farmer in the city in 2019. Mittal succeeded in getting the mobile number linked to the farmer’s bank account changed.
Besides the former loan agent, Mittal’s six accomplices who had allegedly supplied SIM cards without required documents have been arrested so far. The second FIR, in this case, was registered on Saturday at Sector 37 police station under IPC sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) and 471 (using forged documents). An FIR was lodged in the same police station in June 2019 after the fraud came to light.
Saturday’s FIR states that six people illegally purchased 500 SIM cards with alleged connivance. Airtel The officials and other persons violated the norms set by the DoT and sold them to various people. The police are expected to name more people in the FIR as the investigation progresses. A SIM card was used by Mittal to dupe the farmer.
Apart from some Airtel executives, the police are also probing the role of Dinesh Sharma, who allegedly forged papers of a recruitment company in Gurgaon and helped the racket get SIM cards. “The SIM card could have been used for anti-national activities,” a police officer said.
An Airtel spokesperson told TOI that they are cooperating with the police. “As a law-abiding company, we have extended full cooperation to the authorities and will continue to assist them. Since the matter is sub-judice, we are unable to comment further,” the spokesperson said.
Second FIR comes after Punjab and Haryana high Court To investigate how many SIM cards were issued fraudulently, the Gurgaon Police was ordered to register a separate case.
The matter was taken up in a hearing held on August 16 in which bank officials sought anticipatory bail from the High Court as part of the probe for their role in the fraud.
“We found that the accused bought around 500 SIM cards illegally. ACP (DLF) Karan Goel, who headed the Special Investigation Team set up to probe the case, said the details of the investigation were presented before the high court during the hearing.
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