KURUSHETRA: The police have arrested four persons, including the son of a woman, who allegedly duped her of Rs 16 lakh, after posing as personal assistant (PA) of Haryana’s former education minister and Kurukshetra’s superintendent of police (SP) in Shahabad area of Kurukshetra district.
Kurukshetra police spokesman said on Monday that the arrested persons have been identified as Amit Dhonchak of Binjol in Panipat district, Shreya Malik of New Hamida, Yamunanagar; Janardhan Garg of Jhagra Mohalla, Shahabad, and Aman Gulia of Bajirpur in Sonepat district.
Accused Janardhan Garg, along with his accomplices, duped his mother Shikha Agarwal of Rs 16 lakh, with a promise to free his younger brother from criminal case charges.
All four accused persons were produced before the court in Kurukshetra on Monday, which granted their one-day police remand.
As per the information, on July 12, Shikha Agarwal of Vishwas Complex, Shahabad lodged a complaint at Shahabad police station alleging that she was duped of Rs 16 lakh by accused persons, but she did not name her son Janardhan Garg in her complaint, said the police.
However, during investigation, the police found the involvement of Janardhan Garg and he was also arrested along with the other three persons. The accused persons spent the entire money in online gambling, said Shahabad SHO inspector Lalit.
“The woman’s younger son Garv is under arrest in a case. On June 30, Shrey, Amit and two more men came to the woman’s house and told her that Garv was like a brother to them. They said that they have good connections with PAs of many ministers and they have talked to them about Garv. They would bring him out soon. They took Rs 16 lakh from the woman in lieu of giving expensive gifts to the SP and PA of minister”, said the police.
The police said the accused took Rs 8 lakh from the woman on July 1 in the name of PA and SP, and another Rs 8 lakh on July 6, in the name of Shahabad police station. The accused returned to the woman on July 6 and said that they have to give another amount of Rs 50,000 to the SHO and her work would be done within two days.
“When the woman asked the accused persons after two days, they demanded Rs 40,000 as fee of lawyer. The woman then asked them to return her money and she would not need their help. The accused persons refused to return the money and said that she should take money from SHO”, said the police spokesman.
When the woman visited the police station, she came to know that she has been duped of Rs 16 lakh and a case was registered against the accused persons under Section 316 (2) (criminal breach of trust), 318 (4) (cheating), 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 13A of Public Gambling at Shahabad police station on Sunday.
