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Bail plea of two cheating accused dismissed

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court has dismissed bail plea of two persons who along with others were alleged to have siphoned off more than Rs.7 lakh through fraudulent encashment of cheques.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate G P Singh yesterday rejected the bail applications of Rakesh Kumar and Rajiv Kumar who had been accused to have opened different fictitious accounts in conspiracy with HDFC Bank employees namely Nitin Anand, Rahul Kumar and Anil Kumar and siphoned off more than Rs seven lakh from different persons.

The accused, Rajiv Kumar and Rakesh Kumar, were arrested on August 30 this year while Nitin Anand and Rahul Kumar on September one and Anil Kumar on September two after an FIR was lodged against them in police station Shalimar Bagh on July 5 last year.

In its chargesheet filed on October 27, the Economic Offence Wing, Delhi Police, alleged that they opened accounts in the name of non-existent persons like Manoj Sharma and Ajay Sagar, joint account in the name of Ajay Sagar and Ashok Kumar and current accounts in the name of Aureole Rubbers Pvt Ltd and Anu Industries Pvt Ltd.

A complaint was lodged by one Ritu Sharma, Director, Aureole Rubbers Pvt Ltd, alleging that employees of a courier company, Blaze Flash Couriers Pvt Ltd, in connivance with the officials of HDFC Bank have encashed their company cheques. - PTI

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