Trader turns ‘LIC agent’ to dupe IPS officer

Delhi | Friday | 15th February, 2019

Summary:

Gupta used fake IDs to open bank accounts and later changed his name to call the victims as well. NEW DELHI: A trader whose shop was sealed during a corporation sealing drive posed as an insurance agent and duped government officers.Pankaj Gupta and two others called up an IPS officer from West Bengal, posing as LIC agents. They asked him to transfer some money into an account in Mumbai to receive a bonus. The gang was also using eight other accounts opened using fake IDs.Gurnam Singh and Luthra were arrested based on the disclosures of Gupta. The men were tracked down by the Crime Branch and caught from west Delhi.The other two men were identified as Gurnam Singh and Vipin Kumar Luthra..