Sometimes they would introduce themselves as SDM and sometimes SP, then trap people; Bihar Police caught two thugs
In Muzaffarpur, Bihar, the police have arrested a brother-in-law and brother-in-law duo. This pair of crooks used to cheat people by claiming to be SDM and DTO. The police have arrested both the accused and sent them to jail. The police is investigating the case.
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The police of Muzaffarpur in Bihar has arrested a gang of fraudsters. This gang of brother-in-law and brother-in-law used to prey on people by posing as SDM, DTO and absconded after extorting money. The police have arrested both the accused and questioned them properly. Now, after sending the accused to jail, the police have started investigating the case. These accused have been arrested in the case of cheating of one lakh rupees in the name of getting work done in Muzaffarpur Transport Office.
Muzaffarpur SP City Bhanu Pratap Singh said that these fraudsters had recently cheated a youth named Shyam Kumar living in Sakra area. This youth had bought a pickup, but a few days ago this pickup was stolen. Later this pickup was caught in a case of illegal liquor. When the vehicle owner came to take delivery of his vehicle, he was asked for the vehicle papers. Since all the papers of the vehicle were stolen along with the vehicle, he came to the DTO office to get duplicate papers.
Fraud of one lakh rupees
According to the police, a fraud Sonu was found outside the DTO office. He told the victim that his friend Rupesh Kumar is SP in Darbhanga and his brother-in-law is DTO. He deceived the victim into getting the vehicle papers made again for Rs 1 lakh and got Rs 49,000 transferred online to his account. After this, the accused also took Rs 51,000 in cash. Despite this, when the accused could not get the papers made, the victim realized that he had been cheated. After this, he informed the police.
They used to cheat by becoming SDM-DTO
The police caught the accused with the help of electronic surveillance. Then when he was questioned, the whole matter was revealed. After this, the police also arrested his brother-in-law. The accused have told the police during interrogation that they sometimes deceive people by introducing themselves as SDM, sometimes DTO and SP and then abscond after extorting money from them. The police said that the accused were committing such fraud for about a year and have made dozens of people their victims so far. Now the police is trying to trace all the victims.