Fake supply inspectors held for duping Noida villagers

  • | Tuesday | 19th June, 2018

However, they were caught by villagers of Taalda after they demanded Rs 1 lakh from Sunder Singh, a ration shop dealer. If there were problems, they would threaten action against the ration shop dealers and take money to settle the matter,” he said.They would also take money from villagers claiming to include them in insurance schemes. NOIDA: Two men who identified themselves as supply inspectors and allegedly duped scores of villagers on the pretext of making Antyodaya smart ration cards and providing health insurance schemes have been arrested in Dankaur.Ashish Sharma (37) and Ankur Sharma (27) from Bulandshahr were caught by villagers and handed over to police. Dankaur SHO Farmood Ali Pundir said: “They had been roaming the villages of Mandpa, Daula-Rajpura, Hatewa, Bagpur, Jhaalda, Bilaspur, etc for the past 15 days pretending to be supply officers. While Ankur has a B.Tech degree, Ashish is a Class XII passout.

NOIDA: Two men who identified themselves as supply inspectors and allegedly duped scores of villagers on the pretext of making Antyodaya smart ration cards and providing health insurance schemes have been arrested in Dankaur.Ashish Sharma (37) and Ankur Sharma (27) from Bulandshahr were caught by villagers and handed over to police. While Ankur has a B.Tech degree, Ashish is a Class XII passout. Ashish had been jailed for a month and four days in Aligarh but was out on bail.The duo had come to Taalda village of Dankaur on Monday and identified themselves as representatives of the supplies department from Lucknow. Dankaur SHO Farmood Ali Pundir said: “They had been roaming the villages of Mandpa, Daula-Rajpura, Hatewa, Bagpur, Jhaalda, Bilaspur, etc for the past 15 days pretending to be supply officers. They would visit ration shops and check the quality of items. If there were problems, they would threaten action against the ration shop dealers and take money to settle the matter,” he said.They would also take money from villagers claiming to include them in insurance schemes. However, they were caught by villagers of Taalda after they demanded Rs 1 lakh from Sunder Singh, a ration shop dealer.

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