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29-year-old arrested for cheating banks

Staff Reporter

Posed as a doctor with Maulana Azad Medical College
Has disclosed that he operated under a dozen aliases

NEW DELHI: A 29-year-old man has been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police on charges of cheating banks by obtaining loans on fake identification documents.

The police claim to have seized a variety of articles, including allegedly forged documents, from his possession.

The Special Operations Squad (SOS) of the Crime Branch recently received inputs about Manoj Kumar Shastri, who posing as a doctor with Maulana Azad Medical College had got vehicles financed and credit cards issued from various private banks on the basis of fake documents. Enquiries revealed that Manoj had also created a bogus company at Satya Niketan.

Subsequently Manoj was arrested by an SOS team.

Goods recovered

A laptop, two electronic data clearing machines, four computers, two mobile phones, a dozen landline phones, 56 cheque books, four credit cards, 17 debit cards, medical instruments like stethoscope, 40 forged stamps of top government and private company officials, bank statements, fake rent agreements, salary slips and other articles were allegedly seized.

The police said Manoj had got nine luxurious vehicles financed from different banks on fake identities and subsequently sold them.

During interrogation, Manoj allegedly disclosed that he operated under about a dozen aliases.

According to the police, he also disclosed that he had been arrested twice by the Indraprastha Estate and Dwarka police. After being released on bail, he and his wife allegedly floated five fake companies and obtained several credit cards that they used for various purposes. Manoj, his wife and two of their accomplices were arrested in 2006.

However, he again came out on bail and started living in a rented accommodation at Lodhi Complex posing as a doctor with Maulana Azad Medical College.

In 2007, Manoj allegedly set up a bogus company at Satya Niketan in the name of Plus Software Privated Limited, opened accounts in various banks and obtained several debit and credit cards in the name of fictitious employees, the police said, adding that he used the cards for making extensive purchases.

He allegedly bought a motorcycle using a fake credit card. The police claim to have recovered the motorcycle along with a Tata Indica car.

Various companies have lodged complaints against him accusing him of cheating them.

The police said Manoj had also got forged I-cards of officials with top multinational companies and had managed to obtain salary slips of those working in private and public sector firms.

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