Hyderabad police nabs 3 interstate offenders involved in 18 attention diversion cases
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police busted an interstate gang involved in duping people by creating duplicate ATM cards and using them to withdraw the cash from various ATM centers in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka and arrested three persons. The arrested gang members – Vakil Ali, 45, of Haryana, Farman, 23, of Uttar Pradesh and Obaid Arif, 03, of Hyderabad along with two other absconding persons - Islam of Haryana and Gullu of Uttar Pradesh used to target senior citizens, women and illiterate people. In all, the police detected 18 cases including 10 in Telangana and two in Andhra Pradesh with the arrest of Ali, Farman and Arif, said South Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sneha Mehra, at a press conference here on Monday. As many as 105 ATM cards of various banks, Rs.7.60 lakh in cash, a car, a bike, duplicate police identity card and three mobile phones were seized from the possession of the arrested persons. Sneha Mehra said Ali and Islam were relatives. They migrated to Hyderabad and were eking livelihood doing cloth business at Charminar when they developed friendship with Gullu, Farhan and Obaid Arif who are doing various professions. As their earnings were insufficient to lead their lavish life, they hatched a plan to earn easy money by deceiving the innocent people who are visiting to ATM centres for withdrawing the cash. Accordingly, they formed a gang and started to commit offences in Telangana and other States by diverting the attention of ATM cardholders. She said the accused would initially collect ATM cards and target illiterates, senior citizens, women etc., when they were trying to withdraw money at ATM centres. They would approach cardholders in the name of helping in withdrawing money from ATM kiosks. Meanwhile, one of the accused would observe ATM PIN and will replace the original ATM card with another similar card by diverting 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 span of time. Adopting the same modus operandi, the gang committed 18 offences of attention diversion in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka and duped innocent people. In similar way, the gang committed an offence of diverting attention in Bahadurpura on December 22, 2024 and withdrew Rs.2.03 lakh belonging to a cardholder. Based on a complaint, the police registered a case and took up investigation.
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police busted an interstate gang involved in duping people by creating duplicate ATM cards and using them to withdraw the cash from various ATM centers in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka and arrested three persons.
The arrested gang members – Vakil Ali, 45, of Haryana, Farman, 23, of Uttar Pradesh and Obaid Arif, 03, of Hyderabad along with two other absconding persons - Islam of Haryana and Gullu of Uttar Pradesh used to target senior citizens, women and illiterate people.
In all, the police detected 18 cases including 10 in Telangana and two in Andhra Pradesh with the arrest of Ali, Farman and Arif, said South Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sneha Mehra, at a press conference here on Monday.
As many as 105 ATM cards of various banks, Rs.7.60 lakh in cash, a car, a bike, duplicate police identity card and three mobile phones were seized from the possession of the arrested persons.
Sneha Mehra said Ali and Islam were relatives. They migrated to Hyderabad and were eking livelihood doing cloth business at Charminar when they developed friendship with Gullu, Farhan and Obaid Arif who are doing various professions.
As their earnings were insufficient to lead their lavish life, they hatched a plan to earn easy money by deceiving the innocent people who are visiting to ATM centres for withdrawing the cash. Accordingly, they formed a gang and started to commit offences in Telangana and other States by diverting the attention of ATM cardholders.
She said the accused would initially collect ATM cards and target illiterates, senior citizens, women etc., when they were trying to withdraw money at ATM centres. They would approach cardholders in the name of helping in withdrawing money from ATM kiosks. Meanwhile, one of the accused would observe ATM PIN and will replace the original ATM card with another similar card by diverting 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 span of time. Adopting the same modus operandi, the gang committed 18 offences of attention diversion in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka and duped innocent people. In similar way, the gang committed an offence of diverting attention in Bahadurpura on December 22, 2024 and withdrew Rs.2.03 lakh belonging to a cardholder. Based on a complaint, the police registered a case and took up investigation.
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