Noida:

Noida Police have arrested six members of a notorious tech-savvy inter-state gang involved in the theft of four-wheel vehicles, officials said on Monday.

The police revealed that the gang employed sophisticated methods to carry out the thefts and used key programming pads ordered online to reprogram the vehicle’s ECM (Electronic Content Management) system.

This allowed the gang to generate new key modes to create duplicate keys and break into a car within 5 to 10 minutes, the police said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ram Badan Singh said the operation, under the supervision of Additional DCP Manish Mishra and ACP (Noida-3) Shavya Goyal, resulted in the recovery of 10 stolen vehicles and various tools used in the thefts.

The arrests were made near Bharat Hospital on the FNG Road under the Sector 113 police station limits, he said.

“The gang members were held while they were on their way to lift more vehicles. During interrogation, we have got a lot of data from the gang. We will verify it and it could lead to the recovery of more vehicles,” Singh said.

“Besides the 10 recovered cars, they have been involved in several other vehicle thefts. We will try to get them in our custody and crack those cases as well,” he told reporters.

All six arrested members had a different role in the gang’s work. Sonu is technically very sound and could hack the electric system of vehicles quickly. There is one who can make duplicate keys, and some involved in sales of the stolen vehicles, Singh said.

He said the gang would supply vehicles “on demand” and call their customer to Delhi NCR itself for the deals even though their clientele goes as far as Tamil Nadu, too.

The police identified those held as Khaleel, Monu Kumar, Sonu, Rajesh Kakkad alias Raja alias Raju, Ali Sher alias Imran alias Ali, and Pramod, who were caught with an assortment of stolen items.

These included 19 keys from different car companies, two clips, a wire cutter, a plier, three L-key lock breakers, four screwdrivers, a lock set, two key programming pads, two connecting cables, 12 number plates, and six fake registration certificates (RCs), the police said.

The police revealed that the gang operated across multiple states, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, and Maharashtra. They specialized in stealing four-wheel vehicles and selling them at various locations across the country.

“The arrested individuals are part of a cunning gang that is active in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and other states,” a police spokesperson stated.

“They steal four-wheel vehicles from different regions and sell them at desired rates in various parts of the country,” the spokesperson said.

After stealing the vehicles, the gang would remove the number plates and park the vehicles in safe or secluded places for two-three days. They were knowledgeable about vehicle mechanics and used fake documents and number plates to avoid detection while transporting the stolen vehicles, the police said.

Members of the gang would drive ahead to alert police about checkpoints, and in case of sudden police presence, they would pretend to fix a mechanical problem with the vehicle, they said.

All accused in the case have a history of multiple criminal cases in various states, according to an official statement.

For instance, Khaleel has multiple cases registered against him, including charges under the Gangster Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) related to theft and fraud. Sonu also faces several charges in Delhi and Noida for theft and related crimes, while Monu Kumar has a long list of cases against him in Delhi and Haryana, it stated.

Among the recovered vehicles are a Toyota Fortuner, multiple Hyundai Creta cars, a Brezza, a Tata Sumo Gold, and several Maruti cars. The police also confiscated tools used for breaking locks and making duplicate keys, fake number plates, and forged registration certificates, it added.

The gang members have been booked on charges of theft, dishonestly receiving stolen property, assisting in the concealment of stolen property and using a false property mark, the police said, adding further legal proceedings are underway. 

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New Delhi:

In a major cyber heist, over Rs 16 crore was cleaned out of Nainital Bank’s Noida branch after its servers were hacked and money was transferred to 89 different accounts.

Cybercriminals entered the bank’s Real Time Gross Settlement, or RTGS, channel by hacking the manager’s login credentials and wiped out Rs 16.5 crore between June 16 and June 20.

The bank’s IT manager, Sumit Kumar Srivastava, went to the cyber crime police station and filed a complaint. The balance sheet was being tallied for June when the heist was noticed, Mr Srivastava said in his complaint.

On June 17, the balance sheet was found short of Rs 3,60,94,020 during a regular audit of the RTGS, the complaint said, adding that the fraud was revealed when they could not match the balance sheet for several days. 

“A case has been registered by the IT manager of the Nainital Bank. He said that about Rs 16.5 crore was withdrawn by hacking the manager’s credentials and the bank’s server. This happened between June 16 and June 20. The money was transferred to 89 accounts. A team has been formed to probe the matter,” ACP Cyber Crime Vivek Ranjan Rai told NDTV.

Noida:

Noida police arrested two accused on Tuesday in a hit-and-run case in Noida’s Sector 24, which led to the death of a man on Monday, said police.

Police have also recovered the car involved in the incident, and further investigation is underway.

The victim was identified as Janak Dev. The incident took place on Sunday in the Noida Sector 24 area of Gautam Buddh Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh. After hitting the victim, the accused fled from the spot.

Earlier, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Noida, Manish Kumar Mishra, the incident was reported by the victim’s son, Pradeep. “A man named Pradeep from Sector 24 informed the police that his father was hit by a car and he died in the accident,” Mr Mishra said.

Mr Mishra further said that the police have launched an investigation into the matter. “A case was filed and the investigation is underway. The body has been sent for a post-mortem report,” Mr Mishra said.

He further mentioned that two police teams are currently working to obtain CCTV footage from the area to identify the vehicle involved in the accident. Mr Mishra assured that swift action will be taken once the car and the driver responsible for the rash driving are identified.

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Noida:

Greater Noida resident who was duped of around Rs 35 lakh by cyber thugs has got back Rs 18 lakh, police said on Wednesday.

The 71-year-old resident of Alpha 2 was defrauded on the pretext of investment in the share market, the police said.

A police spokesperson said the senior citizen approached the local Beta 2 police station on March 3 with a complaint about the Rs 35 lakh fraud.

“An FIR was lodged in the case and the matter was taken up for investigation by the cyber cell. Subsequently, Rs 18,16,245 of the victim was returned to his account,” the spokesperson said.

The police said further probe was underway to recover the remaining amount and trace the accused behind the fake share market app. They also urged citizens to be cautious of such cyber crimes which lure people on the pretext of investment or quick money.

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Noida:

The Gautam Buddh Nagar Police have suspended all police personnel stationed at the Chipiyana ‘chowki’ in Greater Noida West over the death of a youth under mysterious circumstances while being in police custody.

The youth reportedly hanged him inside the chowki, however, his family and relatives have accused the policemen of pressurizing him to take the extreme step.

Sensing the gravity of the situation, Additional CP (Law and Order) and DCP Central rushed to the Chipiyana chowki in the Bisrakh police station area.

After the officials got a first-hand account of the suspicious death, Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh announced the suspension of the entire staff of the police chowki. Further, a complaint is also lodged, taking into account the series of events leading to the youth’s death.

According to DCP, Central Noida, the victim has been identified as Yogesh Kumar, a resident of Aligarh. He worked at a local workshop in Chipiyana area. Kumar on Wednesday night was brought to the chowki for questioning after allegations were made against him by a colleague

On Thursday morning at around 10 a.m., he reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside the police barrack. Though the exact reason for the suicide is yet to be ascertained, Kumar’s family have levelled serious allegations against the policemen.

Talking to media persons, the family claimed that Rs 5 lakh was sought for Kumar’s release. “I gave them Rs 50,000 and also Rs 1,000 for buying liquor. I was there at the chowki in the night. I told them that I would give the remaining Rs 4.5 lakh by morning. The policemen told me that they will release my brother after receiving money,” Kumar’s brother said, adding that the next morning, “my brother was killed by policemen”.

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Noida:

A speeding BMW smashed into an e-rickshaw in Noida this morning, leaving two people dead and three others grievously injured, police said.

Those on board the rickshaw who were severely injured have been hospitalised with injuries, the police said.

Two occupants of the erring luxury car have been arrested by the local police while the third person in the car is on the run, the police said.

“Around 6 am, the e-rickshaw was on its way from Noida City Centre in Sector 32 to sector 12-22 Chowk. Five people, including the driver, were on board the e-rickshaw,” a police spokesperson said.

“When the e-rickshaw was near Sumitra Hospital, a speeding BMW hit the e-rickshaw from behind, leaving two people dead instantly and three others grievously injured,” the spokesperson said.

Those dead in the incident were identified by the police as Mohammad Mustafa, 50, and Rashmi, 25, who worked as a staff nurse at the Metro Hospital in the city.

The police identified those injured as e-rickshaw driver Rajendra, 45, Pawan, 27, and Surajpur, 20.

According to the spokesperson, two persons – Tushar Kumar and Adi Batra, both residents of Sector 41 – who were in the BMW at the time of the crash have been taken into custody by officials of the local Sector 24 police station.

Aman Sisodia, the third person accompanying them in the car, fled the spot after the crash. He also lives in Sector 41, the official added.
 

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Noida:

With the arrest of two men, the Noida Police on Friday claimed to have busted a gang of thugs that duped money from people on the pretext of helping them get employment in foreign countries.

The gang has been operational for about six years now and cheated gullible people by assuring them jobs in countries like Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, police said.

The police said they have seized 104 passports and 31 forged visa documents, 36 fake work contracts, among other items, from the possession of the duo, one of whom is a qualified software engineer.

“A team led by ACP 3 (Shavya Goyal) has arrested two accused. During inquiry it has come to light that the gang was making money from people on the pretext of sending them to foreign countries and getting them employment there,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Vidya Sagar Mishra said.

“They were using forged visa documents, Aadhaar cards, work contracts. 104 passports have been seized from them. These passports belonged to people whom they were duping. An FIR was lodged against them in Delhi in the past and we are gathering more details about it,” Vidya Sagar Mishra told reporters.

Ishaq Yunus alias Robin alias Jitendra (30), and Rohit Oberoi (27) were arrested near Hoshiarpur on Friday by officials of Sector 49 police station team on the basis of a tip-off, police said.

During interrogation, it was revealed that Jitendra is the leader of the gang and this work was being carried out by him for the last six years, a police spokesperson said.

“This gang misleads youth with job offers in foreign countries like Jordan, Saudi Arabia etc. For this work, the accused takes Rs 80,000- Rs 90,000 from a candidate, and if they find any shortcoming in official papers, they would increase the rate and demand more money from them to fix the issue,” the official said.

The gang promoted its fake consultancy firm using various social media platforms and when a victim contacts them after seeing this advertisement, they are told that if they bring more candidates, their charge would be reduced, the official said.

“After this, in the name of getting jobs abroad, they extort money from the unemployed persons by showing them fake visas and company contracts, they are not given jobs anywhere. As soon as the money was collected, they closed the office and would run away,” the spokesperson said.

The gang has carried out such incidents in the past in Delhi, Haryana and other parts of Uttar Pradesh also, the police said.

An FIR has been lodged against the accused, who were produced in a local court which has sent them to jail, the police added.

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New Delhi:

Scrap metal mafia Ravi Kana and his girlfriend Kajal Jha have been arrested in Thailand, official sources said on Tuesday. Kana, a gangster from western Uttar Pradesh, was wanted in multiple cases by the Noida Police.

According to sources, Noida Police was in constant touch with Thailand Police and had given them all the details related to Kana. A red corner notice was also issued against him in January.

He was booked under the stringent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act after a case was lodged against him by police in Greater Noida on January 2.

According to police, Kana, also known as Ravindra Nagar, ran a 16-member gang involved in the illegal procurement and sale of rebar and scrap material.

Kana, who was a scrap dealer, reportedly became a millionaire after forming a gang to illegally acquire and sell scrap material after extorting businesses in the Delhi-NCR region.

More than 11 cases have been registered against the gangster and his associates including on charges of kidnapping and theft. Six members of the gang have already been arrested and several scrap godowns used by the gang across Greater Noida have been sealed.

Noida Police had recently said that it attached assets worth more than Rs 120 crore of Kana and his associates.

Earlier in January, the Noida Police also raided and sealed a Rs 100-crore South Delhi bungalow gifted by the gangster to his girlfriend Kajal Jha.

Kajal Jha had approached the gangster in search of a job, but soon joined his gang and became the most important member. She was in charge of handling the books on all his benami properties.

New Delhi:

Scrap metal mafia Ravi Kana and his girlfriend Kajal Jha have been arrested in Thailand, official sources said on Tuesday. Kana, a gangster from western Uttar Pradesh, was wanted in multiple cases by the Noida Police.

According to sources, Noida Police was in constant touch with Thailand Police and had given them all the details related to Kana. A red corner notice was also issued against him in January.

He was booked under the stringent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act after a case was lodged against him by police in Greater Noida on January 2.

According to police, Kana, also known as Ravindra Nagar, ran a 16-member gang involved in the illegal procurement and sale of rebar and scrap material.

Kana, who was a scrap dealer, reportedly became a millionaire after forming a gang to illegally acquire and sell scrap material after extorting businesses in the Delhi-NCR region.

More than 11 cases have been registered against the gangster and his associates including on charges of kidnapping and theft. Six members of the gang have already been arrested and several scrap godowns used by the gang across Greater Noida have been sealed.

Noida Police had recently said that it attached assets worth more than Rs 120 crore of Kana and his associates.

Earlier in January, the Noida Police also raided and sealed a Rs 100-crore South Delhi bungalow gifted by the gangster to his girlfriend Kajal Jha.

Kajal Jha had approached the gangster in search of a job, but soon joined his gang and became the most important member. She was in charge of handling the books on all his benami properties.

Noida:

Three people, including a woman, were arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly killing a 57-year-old contractor inside his house, police said.

The police said the victim, Shashi Sharma, was allegedly in an illicit relationship with the wife of the key accused who was in good terms with him until two years ago.

According to the police, Mr Sharma’s body was found inside his rented accommodation in the Janata Flats in Sector 40 on Monday morning. The body bore injury marks around its neck, leading to a suspicion of murder.

DCP (Noida) Harish Chander said three accused, identified as Bharat Chauhan, his wife Seema Devi and Raja Tiwari, have been arrested for the alleged murder by a team led by ACP Rajneesh Verma.

“During investigation it came to light that Bharat and Sharma had come in contact in 2021, and both started living in the same neighbourhood. However, after sometime the same year, Bharat once found Sharma and his wife in an objectionable condition at his house. Later, he relocated to another house,” Mr Chander told reporters.

“Recently Bharat came to know that his wife and Sharma are still in contact, after which he confronted his wife who apologised for her actions,” the officer said.

Meanwhile, Bharat had started a tea shop and came in touch with Tiwari who studies at a private university in Noida. Tiwari visited Bharat’s stall regularly and the two became friends.

Bharath planned revenge on Mr Sharma and the other accused also came on board, according to the police.

On Sunday, the trio reached Mr Sharma’s residence and they discussed the matter, during which an argument broke out and Mr Sharma allegedly slapped Seema after which the three got together and slit his throat, the police said.
 

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