BUSTED AN INTER-STATE GANG – HELD THREE PERSONS – SEIZED 105 DIFFERENT BANK ATM CARDS, NET CASH OF RS: 7.60 LAKHS, 01 FOUR WHEELER, 01 TWO WHEELER, 03 CELL PHONES

Hyderabad; 20 Jan 2025 (PMI): The sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, South Zone Team, Hyderabad, along with Bahadurpura Police, busted an Inter-State Gang that was involved in duping people by creating duplicate ATM cards and using them to withdraw cash from various ATM centers in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Karnataka States, respectively. The gang targeted senior citizens, women, and illiterate people. The police arrested (03) accused and detected (18) cases.

DETAILS OF THE ACCUSED PERSONS:-

1) Vakil Ali age: 45 yrs, Occ: Cattle Feed, R/o Haryana State.

2) Farman, age: 23 yrs, Occ: Pvt Job, R/o Uttar Pradesh State.

3)  Obaid Arif, age: 30 yrs, Occ: Worker at Cloth shop, R/o Hyderabad

4) Islam,  R/o Hyderabad , N/o Haryana State ( Absconding )

5) Gullu, N/o Uttar Pradesh State. (Absconding )

SEIZED PROPERTY:-

1) Net Cash Rs.7,60,000/-

2) Different Bank ATM Cards -105

3) One Car

3) TVS Apache Two Wheeler

4) One Fake Police ID card

5) Mobile Phones-03

TOTAL DETECTED CASES:- 18

 Telangana  – 10 cases

 Andhra Pradesh – 02 cases

 Odisha  – 04 cases

 Karnataka – 02 cases

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE:-

The main accused Vakil Ali and Islam are natives of Haryana State and they are relatives. The accused Islam migrated to Hyderabad and earned his livelihood by doing cloth business in the Charminar area.  Further, they became friends with other accused Gullu, Farhan, and Obaid Arif who are doing various professions. As their earnings are not sufficient to lead their family and their lavish life. In this regard, they hatched a plan to earn easy money by deceiving innocent people who were visiting ATM centers to withdraw cash. Accordingly, they formed a gang and started to commit offenses in Telangana and other states by Diverting the Attention of the ATM Card-Holders.

MODUS OPERANDI:-

The above-mentioned accused persons initially collected the ATM Cards by various means.  Later, they target the illiterates, senior citizens, women, etc., when they are trying to withdraw money at ATM Centres, the accused approaches them in the name of help in the withdrawal of money from ATM. Meantime one of the accused observed the ATM PIN and will replace the original ATM Card with another similar card by diverting the attention of the cardholder. Immediately they escape from the spot with the original ATM Card and withdraw the money from nearby ATM Centres and POS machines within a short period. At this juncture, they have committed (18) offenses of Diverting Attention in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Karnataka States by duping innocent people who are not aware of the scam.

Similarly, the accused committed an offense of diverting attention in the limits of Bahadurpura PS on 22.12.2024 and withdrew the amount of Rs. 2.03 Lakhs from the complainant. Based on the complaint a case has been registered in Cr. No. 372/2024, U/s 318(4), 303(2), r/w 3(5) BNS of Bahadurpura PS, Hyderabad and took up investigation.

Based on credible information, the Commissioner’s Task Force, South Zone Team, Hyderabad along with Bahadurpura Police have apprehended the said accused persons and seized the above-mentioned objects at their instance and handed them over to Bahadurpura Police in the above case for further investigation.