<p>Two youths have been here arrested for duping a businessman of over Rs four lakh, police said on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Deepak Kumar, 22, and Deepak Mishra, 20, were arrested following investigations into a complaint filed by Tarjeet Singh, a resident of Munirka. Tarjeet had told police that the duo had withdrawn Rs 4.10 lakh from his account by altering the details in a cheque in August, 2010.<br /><br />“The two accused persons were arrested from their homes in Rajapuri in west Delhi. We have also recovered a laptop and a guitar which was purchased from the money received after en-cashing the forged cheque,” said V Renganathan, Additional Commissioner of Police (West).<br /><br />During interrogation, Kumar and Mishra told police that they had watched a Bollywood movie Badmaash Company and wanted to make quick money through cheating shown in the movie. They later planned to make money by altering cheque details.<br /><br />“They decided that first Kumar will represent himself as Amit-- a representative of Dhanlaxmi Bank to any client engaged in the construction business, who wanted to open an account. “Later, Mishra would represent himself as Sumit to collect documents and the cheque, while another their accomplice would make a call representing herself as Saumya, a Dhanlaxmi Bank employee,” Renganathan said.<br /><br />The leader of the gang, Sahil, gave a ‘magic pen’ to Mishra with direction that the cheque detail should be filled by the same pen so that alteration be made as per their plan. <br /><br />“During the process, they procured a cheque of Rs 1,250 from the victim, got it filled with the ‘magic pen’, and after altering the amount on the cheque withdrew the huge amount from the victim’s account,” Renganathan said. The money withdrawn from Tarjeet’s account was divided equally between the four.<br /></p>
<p>Two youths have been here arrested for duping a businessman of over Rs four lakh, police said on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Deepak Kumar, 22, and Deepak Mishra, 20, were arrested following investigations into a complaint filed by Tarjeet Singh, a resident of Munirka. Tarjeet had told police that the duo had withdrawn Rs 4.10 lakh from his account by altering the details in a cheque in August, 2010.<br /><br />“The two accused persons were arrested from their homes in Rajapuri in west Delhi. We have also recovered a laptop and a guitar which was purchased from the money received after en-cashing the forged cheque,” said V Renganathan, Additional Commissioner of Police (West).<br /><br />During interrogation, Kumar and Mishra told police that they had watched a Bollywood movie Badmaash Company and wanted to make quick money through cheating shown in the movie. They later planned to make money by altering cheque details.<br /><br />“They decided that first Kumar will represent himself as Amit-- a representative of Dhanlaxmi Bank to any client engaged in the construction business, who wanted to open an account. “Later, Mishra would represent himself as Sumit to collect documents and the cheque, while another their accomplice would make a call representing herself as Saumya, a Dhanlaxmi Bank employee,” Renganathan said.<br /><br />The leader of the gang, Sahil, gave a ‘magic pen’ to Mishra with direction that the cheque detail should be filled by the same pen so that alteration be made as per their plan. <br /><br />“During the process, they procured a cheque of Rs 1,250 from the victim, got it filled with the ‘magic pen’, and after altering the amount on the cheque withdrew the huge amount from the victim’s account,” Renganathan said. The money withdrawn from Tarjeet’s account was divided equally between the four.<br /></p>
