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DATED: 08.07.10

EXTORTION THREAT TO BUSINESSMAN/FINANCIER OF DELHI SOLVED, TWO EXTORTIONIST NABBED

With the arrest of two persons viz 1. Shadab Ahmad Khan s/o ParvezAhmad Khan r/o H.No. 70/10, Peelay Quarters, LohiaNagar, Ghaziabad, Aged-26 yrs 2. FurkanAli s/o NisarAhmad r/o H.No. 69/1, Peelay Quarters, LohiaNagar, Ghaziabad. Aged-26 years.Special Staff of East District with the officials of P.S. Krishna Nagar ,Delhi has solved a case of extortion registered at P.S. Krishna Nagar ,Delhi in which duo had been demanding Rs. 25 lacs in lieu of his and family members life .

GIST OF THE COMPLAINT

On 05.07.10 a complaint of SanjeevRathore was received at P.S, Krishna Nagar. He is a businessman and financier by profession and residing in a F Block Krishna Nagar. On 02.07.10 he received a phone call on his mobile phone from Mumbai based PCO that either he pays 20 lakh rupees else he will be killed. Then on 03.07.10, he again received call from a mobile number of Mumbai. He gave the complaint in P.S. Krishna Nagar and a case vide FIR No. 338/10 u/s 384/511 IPC at P.S. Krishna Nagar was registered and took up the investigation. The extortionist from Mumbai also told the complainant reg. his daily routine, his clothes and family members. He kept on calling and extended the extortion money to 25 lacs.

INVESTIGATION AND ARREST

Taking into account the gravity of the case as the calls were made from Mumbai the Special Staff of East Distt. was assigned the task to nab the extortionists. A team comprising SI Vinay Yadav, SI Satendra Khari, ASI Surender Pal, ASI Sukhbir Singh, HC Manoj Kumar, HC Praveen Kumar, HC Dharmender, HC Umesh, Ct. Roop Singh, Ct.Praveen, Ct. Jag Soran, Ct. Yashpal Singh and Ct. Yashvir under the close supervision of Insp. Rohitas Kumar I/C Spl. Staff East under overall supervision of Sh. D.L.Negi ACP/OPS/East was constituted and investigation was taken up. During the course of investigation, the team of special staff studied the call details of the PCO of Mumbai by which the call was made. All the other mobile numbers of Delhi called from that PCO were studied and a suspect was zeroed in. On 07/07/10, a raid was conducted and two persons namely FurkanAli and Shadab were arrested who disclosed their involvement in the present case.

INTERROGATION

On Sustained interrogation FurkanAli told that he is a Home Guard in UP Police. Due to less salary, he privately works as bouncer/ bodyguard for some businessmen. Till May 2010 he worked as a bodyguard for the complainant. Few times, he had seen some big transactions taking place due to which he thought to extort money from him. He discussed his plans with his friend Shadab. Shadab had stayed in Mumbai in the year 2005 for work and knows the language of MumbaiTapori style and also watched Movie “Vaastav” and “Satya” for true accent of Mumbaiya language. According to the plan ,on 01.07.10, Shadab left for Mumbai and reached Mumbai on 02.07.10. Furkan and Javed kept watch on SanjeevRathore’s house in Krishna Nagar and kept on relaying all the routine live to Shadab in Mumbai. Then Shadab called from a PCO of Mumbai. He made three extortion calls from Mumbai posing himself as a gangster/ Bhai of Mumbai. On 03.07.10 he purchased a SIM Card of Mumbai and made calls from that SIM. Then on 04.07.10 he reached Delhi and made several calls on that day and next day from the SIM Card of Mumbai.

PROFILE

1. Shadab Ahmad Khan s/o ParvezAhmad Khan r/o H.No. 70/10, Peelay Quarters, LohiaNagar, Ghaziabad, Aged-26 yrs. TwelfthPass. UP Police Home Guard by profession. Worked in PPChaprola PS Badalpur Ghaziabad and in Traffic Police. Married.

2. FurkanAli s/o NisarAhmad r/o H.No. 69/1, Peelay Quarters, LohiaNagar, Ghaziabad. Aged-26 years. He is unemployed. TwelfthPass. Unmarried.

The Special Staff police team of East Delhi which has done a commendable job in working out this sensational case within one day and is being suitably rewarded.

[K.C.Dwivedi]

Addl. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

EAST DISTT, DELHI.

8th July, 2010

FOUR ARRESTED FOR SELLING ELEPHANT TUSK (OUTER TEETH OF ELEPHANT)

With the arrest of (1) DineshGupta aged 38 years s/o RadheyShyamGupta r/o Brijpuri, Gokal Puri, Delhi; (2) MahenderSingh aged 38 years s/o RamphalSingh r/o Vill. Jalalpur, Distt. Bulandshahar, UP; (3) Braham Singh aged 56 years s/o Raja Ram r/o Deep Apartment, DLF Colony, Ghaziabad, UP and (4) Rashid Malik aged 21 years s/o Shahbuddin r/o Vill. Jalalpur, Distt. Bulandshahar, UP, the Special Staff of Central District has foiled an attempt to sell a precious elephant tusk (outer teeth of elephant) weighing 6 Kg.

INFORMATION & TEAM

On 07.07.10, a secret information was received by Ct. Devender of Spl. Staff/Central District that some persons would come at Service Road, Rajghat, Delhi to sell an elephant tusk. Consequently, a team headed by Inspr. Satender Mohan I/C Special Staff comprising of SI Rajesh, SI Yogender, HC Brij Pal, HC Virender, Ct. Devender, Ct. Ombir and Ct. Adesh was constituted under the supervision of Shri N.S. Ghuman, ACP/Operations/Central.

The police team laid a trap around Service Road, Rajghat. At about 4:40 PM, some persons came there in a Maruti Alto car and at the instance of secret informer, all the four persons seated in the car were apprehended while they were in possession of an elephant tusk. They were identified as (1) DineshGupta r/o Gokal Puri, Delhi; (2) MahenderSingh r/o Bulandshahar, UP; (3) BrahamSingh r/o Ghaziabad, UP and (4) RashidMalik r/o Bulandshahar, UP.

INVESTIGATION & INTERROGATION

The officers of Wild Life Department were called at the spot who inspected the tusk and opined that it is an elephant tusk (outer teeth of elephant) used for preparing medicines, making treatments, ornaments, decorative items. The possession and selling of elephant tusk is prohibited under the provisions of Wild Life Act 1972. Subsequently, a case vide FIR No. 160/10 u/s 50 Wild Life Protection Act at PS Darya Ganj.

All the apprehended accused persons were subjected to through interrogation in which Dinesh Gupta disclosed that he came in contact with Mahender Singh and Rashid Malik who allured him to engage in the sale purchase of elephant tusk which in high demands in the cities. The elephant tusk could be purchased from Nazibabad, UP on cheaper price and they would earn huge profits by selling it in the cities. Further, they contacted BrahamSingh for using his Alto car and purchased an elephant tusk weighing 6 Kg. from Nazibabad, UP through one Babloo for Rs. 2.5 lacs. They were in search of some buyer for selling the elephant tusk @ Rs. 2 lacs per Kg. but in the meanwhile they were apprehended by police staff.

Further efforts are being made to arrest Babloo who is still at large.

PROFILE

(1)DineshGupta aged 38 years s/o RadheyShyamGupta r/o Brijpuri, Gokal Puri, Delhi ran a shop of electrical goods. He purchased an elephant tusk from Nazibabad, UP with the help of his associates for Rs. 2.5 lacs to earn huge profits.

(2)MahenderSingh aged 38 years s/o RamphalSingh r/o Vill. Jalalpur, Distt. Bulandshahar, UP is a scrap dealer and helped DineshGupta in the purchase of elephant tusk.

(3)Braham Singh aged 56 years s/o Raja Ram r/o Deep Apartment, DLF Colony, Ghaziabad, UP is a property dealer. He provided his Alto car for the transportation of elephant tusk.

(4)RashidMalik aged 21 years s/o Shahbuddin r/o Vill. Jalalpur, Distt. Bulandshahar, UP is also a scrap dealer and assisted DineshGupta in the purchase of elephant tusk.

DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE:

CENTRAL DISTRICT, DELHI

3 MEMBERS OF AUTOLIFTER GANG ARRESTED : SEVEN STOLEN MOTORCYCLES, SPARE PARTS OF MORE THAN 20 STOLEN MOTORCYCLES AND BUNCH OF KEYS RECOVERED :

21 CASES OF SNATCHING & MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS SOLVED

South District Police has arrested three active members of a desperate gang of autolifters who remained involved in incidents of vehicle thefts and snatching. Seven stolen motorcycles including one Bajaj Discover, one Hero Honda CBZ, Two Hero Honda Passion, one F.Z.Yamaha, one Bajaj Pulsar, one Hero Honda C.D.Deluxe, Spare Parts of more than 20 stolen Motorcycles and one bunch of master/duplicate keys have been recovered from them and 21 cases of vehicle thefts and snatching have been solved.

ACCUSED ARRESTED:

1.Sunil @ Bunty age 31 years S/O Ramesh Chand R/O E 49, J.J.Colony Shakurpur , Delhi.

2.Rajinder Kumar @ Babli age 31 years S/O Manohar Lal R/O H.No. J-948, J.J.Colony, Mangol Puri, Delhi.

3.Ikramuddin @ Prince age 23 years S/O Anzar Ahmed R/O H.No.62, G- Block, J.J.Colony, Bawana, New Delhi.

TEAM, INCIDENT & ARREST

Sunil @ Bunty, the leader of this gang, has earlier been arrested by the police of Rohini and Punjabi Bagh. He started committing vehicle thefts in the year 2004 and he was arrested for the first time in the year 2005.
Rajinder Kumar @ Babli is a mechanic by profession, but he actually indulges in autolifting and has stolen several motorcycles from various areas of Delhi. He used to sell the stolen motorcycles only to snatchers and robbers etc. He has a small workshop at his residence where he used to dismantle the stolen motorcycles and then sell the costly spare parts to the criminals who never get their vehicles repaired from any authorised workshops or reputed mechanic.

In the recent past, the incidents of vehicle thefts increased considerably in various parts of Delhi and N.C.R. In order to solve these incidents and to nab the criminals involved in these incidents, several teams were constituted in South District. A team of Anti-Auto Theft Squad, South District consisting of ASI Om Parkash, HCs Parmod Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Abdul Hakim, Laxman Prasad, Satyawan, Sukhvinder Singh, Rakesh Tomar, Cts. Yoginder , Ajay Tokas .Amit Kumar, Sanjeev Shah, Anil Kumar, Umesh Kumar, Kanwal Singh, Kanwarpal Singh , A. Rehman, Aman and Ct(Dvr) Naresh under the supervision of Sub Inspector Balihar Singh, I/C AATS and Shri Kulwant Singh, ACP/Operations was also formed to develop information and apprehend the accused involved in these incidents.

The team so formed worked relentlessly and collected details of several criminals with similar modus- operandi and activated their secret informers to collect information about such criminals. These details were analyzed minutely and it came to notice that the gang headed by notorious auto lifter Sunil @ Bunty might be involved in these incidents. The hard work of police team bore results and acting upon specific information accused Sunil @ Bunty was apprehended on 03.07.10 while he was on the way to dispose off one stolen motorcycle. A case vide FIR No. 268/10 dated 3.7.2010 u/s 379/411/482 IPC was also registered, in this regard, at P.S. R.K.Puram, New Delhi.

INTEROGATION, MODUS OPRENDI AND PROFILE

During interrogation, it was revealed that Sunil @ Bunty, the leader of this gang, has earlier been arrested by the police of Rohini and Punjabi Bagh. He started committing vehicle thefts in the year 2004 and he was arrested for the first time in the year 2005. He came in contact with Ikramuddin @ Prince who was earlier residing in the same locality and associated him in the criminal activities of motorcycle thefts and snatching. Ikramuddin @ Sonu was mainly involved in chain snatching and as such he developed contacts with some other criminals of JJ Colony, Shakurpur, Delhi and separately started chain snatching with them. The stolen motorcycles required for chain snatching were being provided by Sunil @ Bunty and Rajinder Kumar @ Babli.

Sunil Kumar @ Bunty was born in the year of 1979 at J.J.Colony, Shakurpur, Delhi and he has studied up to 9th class. He came in contact with bad elements in his childhood and involved himself in criminal activities. He started vehicle thefts in the year of 2004. He was first time arrested in the year of 2005 by Rohini police and later on, he was arrested by Punjabi Bagh police.

Rajinder Kumar @ Babli was born in the year 1973 at Moti Nagar, Delhi. He has studied up to 5th class and started his career as a Motorcycle mechanic in the year of 1988. He started his own motorcycle repair workshop in the year 1992. He is so clever that though he had started his criminal activities of vehicle thefts in the year of 2007 but he has been arrested for the first time. He is a mechanic by profession, but he actually indulges in autolifting and has stolen several motorcycles from various areas of Delhi. He used to sell the stolen motorcycles to snatchers and robbers etc. He has a small workshop at his residence where he used to dismantle the stolen motorcycles and then sell the costly spare parts to the criminals who never get their vehicles repaired from any authorised workshops or reputed mechanic. He has contacts with several chain snatchers, robbers and other criminals residing in the area of JJ Colonies Shakurpur, Mangol Puri and Sultan Puri etc. Spare parts of more than 20 stolen Motor-cycles have also been recovered from his residence but he has stated that the chassis of these motorcycles and outer cover having engine number have already been destroyed and disposed off so that police could not trace the stolen motorcycle.

Ikramuddin Ahmed @ Prince was born in the year 1987 at unauthorised jhuggies near to JJ Colony, Shakurpur, Delhi and he has studied up to 7th class. He came in contact with bad elements in his childhood and started criminal activities. He joined this gang and started chain snatching alongwith some other criminals of JJ colony, Shakurpur and the stolen motorcycles required for snatching were being provided by Sunil Kumar @ Bunty.

LIST OF CASES SOLVED

1. FIR No. 229/10U/S /379 IPC P.S.Malviya Nagar,

2. FIR No. 268/10U/S 379 IPC P.S.Malviya Nagar,

3. FIR No. 143/10U/S 379 IPC P.S.Narela, Delhi.

4. FIR No. 201/10 U/S 379IPC P.S.South Rohini

5. FIR No. 677/10 U/S 379 IPC P.S.Moti Nagar,

6. PCR Call U/S 379 IPC P.S.Patel Nagar

7. PCR Call U/S 379 IPC, P.S. Kalkaji, Delhi.

8. FIR No. 49 dated 14.03.10 U/S 356/379 IPC P.S. S.J. Enclave

9. FIR No. 65 dated 29.03.10 U/S 356/379 IPC P.S. S.J. Enclave

10. FIR No. 110 dated 24.05.10 U/S 356/379 IPC P.S. S.J. Enclave

11. FIR No. 129 dated 16.06.10 U/S 356/379 IPC P.S. S.J. Enclave

12. FIR No. 138 dated 27.06.10 U/S 356/379 IPC P.S. S.J. Enclave

13. FIR No. 02 dated 06.01.10U/S 379 IPC P.S. Sarojini Nagar

14. FIR No. 34 dated 16.03.10U/S 379 IPC P.S. Sarojini Nagar

15. FIR No. 49 dated 15.04.10U/S 379 IPC P.S. Sarojini Nagar

16. FIR No. 62 dated 03.05.10U/S 379 IPC P.S. Sarojini Nagar

17. FIR No. 66 dated 08.05.10U/S 379 IPC P.S. Sarojini Nagar

18. FIR No. 50 dated 16.04.10U/S 379 IPC P.S. Sarojini Nagar

19. FIR No. 74 dated 19.05.10U/S 379/406 IPC P.S. Sarojini Nagar

20. FIR No. 83 dated 30.05.10U/S 379 IPC P.S. Sarojini Nagar

21. FIR No. 148 dated 28.06.10U/S 379 IPC P.S. K.M. Pur

Besides, they are also involved in several cases of vehicle thefts in the areas of Police Stations Malviya Nagar, Narela, Rohini, Moti Nagar, Patel Nagar, Kalkaji, Safdarjung Enclave, Sarojini Nagar & Kotla Mubark Pur, Delhi etc. and the same are being verified during the investigation.

RECOVERY

1.One stolen Bajaj discover motorcycle

2.One stolen Hero Honda CBZ motorcycle

3.Two stolen Hero Honda Passion motorcycle

4 One stolen F.Z.Yamaha motorcycle.

5 One stolen Pulsar motorcycle

6 A bunch of keys

7 Spare parts of more than 20 stolen motorycles

Further investigation of the case is in progress and efforts are being made to ascertain their other involvements and to effect more recoveries.

( H.G.S.DHALIWAL )

DCP/SOUTH DISTRICT

SPECIAL CELL,

Dated 8.7.2010

A team of Special Cell under the supervision of Sh. L. N. Rao, ACP, led by Inspector A. K. Singh has arrested Arshad Alam @ Harshad Alam, ( aged 33 years) r/o Muzaffar Nagar, UP and Bhupender Singh @ Sidhu, ( aged 38 years ) r/o Tilak Nagar, New Delhi, under MCOC Act. Arshad Alam @ Harshad Alam is a notorious cheat and is brother-in-law of Vipin Sharma, kingpin of the illegal immigration syndicate, earlier arrested by Special Cell. Arshad Alam @ Harshad Alam is involved in 9 criminal cases in various states including Delhi, Haryana and Punjab while Bhupender Singh @ Sidhu is also involved in 7 criminal cases. 10 Indian passports including 2 passports containing fake Visa of New Zealand, one Laptop and one color printer used for the preparing forged visa and other forged travel documents have been recovered from their possession.

Vipin Sharma and his two associates namely Sachin Sharma and Aman Alam, involved in 20 criminal cases of cheating, forgery, criminal breach of trust, attempt to murder and wrongful confinement etc. of various Police Station of Delhi, Haryana were arrested on 18.5.2010 by Special Cell under MCOCA on 20.5.2010 in case FIR No. 71/09 u/s 3 MCOC Act, PS Special Cell, Delhi. But his close associates Arshad Alam @ Harshad Alam and Bhupendr Singh managed to evade arrest.

On 01.7.2010 , on the basis of secret information a trap was laid and Harshad Alam @ Arshad Alam was arrested. 10 Passports in the name of various persons were recovered from their possession. Two passports contained fake visa of New Zealand. Investigation revealed that these fake visa stickers were prepared by one Bhupender Singh.

On 6.7.2010 Bhupender Singh @ Sidhu was arrested from a rented accommodation in Nilothi Extn in Nangloi, Delhi. One Laptop and color printer used for preparing forged Visa stickers and other travel documents were recovered.

Arshad Alam @ Harshad Alam was subjected to sustained interrogation wherein he disclosed that he has done B. Tech in Leather Technology from London School of Technology, UK. After completion of his B. Tech in London he returned to India and started a business of leather export from Muzaffar Nagar. In 1999 his elder sister was married to Vipin Sharma and subsequently he also shifted to Delhi, where Vipin Sharma was working as an immigration agent. Arshad Alam @ Harshad Alam, in order to earn quick money also joined hands with his brother-in-law in his illegal trade. They sent people to South America and other Latin American countries and earned handsomely. The profit margin in this business was so lucrative that he left his leather export business and devoted all his time and energy into his new profession.

In the year 2000 one Sham Lal r/o Hoshiyar Pur, Punjab was deported from Jamaica. Sh.Sham Lal lodged the first FIR against this gang in Police station Shakar Pur, Delhi for cheating of Rs.8 lacs. During the period of last 10 years, 9 cases were got registered by different people in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab against the accused Arshad Alam @ Harshad Alam.

Recently, a case FIR No. 76/2009 has been registered at PS – Amar Colony, Delhi against Arshad Alam @ Harshad.