Four held for cheating people of crores in insurance fraud
Mumbai: The Mumbai police's crime branch has arrested four persons from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh for allegedly cheating people of crores by offering to help them get their insurance claims, an official said on Tuesday.
A probe into a complaint lodged by a Vile Parle-based accountant in February has led to the arrest of Priyadarshi Gambhair (36), Vijaykumar Rajendrakumar (30), Rajeshkumar Kashyap (38) and Ajay Kashyap (46), the official said.
The complainant had stated that he had bought insurance policies of Rs 20.89 lakh of various companies in his daughter's name and cancelled them due to some reasons in 2015 and had received Rs 18.02 lakh against the cancellation, he said.
While dealing with follow up procedures to get the remaining Rs 2.87 lakh, he started getting calls from some persons, who promised him to help to get the amount, he said.
On the instructions of the callers, he then started depositing money in bank accounts as charges for NOC, IID, Income Tax, TDS, OTP and lawyers fees, the official said, adding that the complainant had lost Rs 3.88 crore till February.
An offence under section 420 (cheating) among other relevant provisions of the IPC was registered in this regard, he said.
The police's probe revealed that the calls to the complainant were made from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and the amount was deposited in at least 48 bank accounts, he said.
During the investigation it also came to light that the gang has also cheated people from Jammu Kashmir, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh using the same modus operandi and offences are registered against them, the official added.
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Remarks against St Francis Xavier: Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar gets bail
Panaji (PTI): A court in Goa on Saturday granted bail to right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar, who was arrested after he allegedly made derogatory comments against St Francis Xavier.
Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vasco, granted regular bail to Khattar, currently admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for treatment of chest pain after he was shifted from the District Hospital in Mapusa two days back.
A row erupted after a video of remarks by Khattar, the founder of Sanatan Mahasangh, at an event on April 18 in the presence of Swami Brahmeshanand, State Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLAs Sankulp Amonkar and Daji (Krishna) Salkar, went viral.
St Francis Xavier is revered as the patron saint of Goa.
The controversial remarks led to the Vasco Police registering an FIR against Khattar on charges of hurting religious sentiments and creating enmity between groups.
He was detained in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, by local police. His custody was later handed over to the Goa Crime Branch, according to officials.
