Rajasthan gang who duped elderly with fake ‘remedy’ busted, 1 held: Ahmedabad Police

As part of the initiative, the bank manager informed the police that an elderly customer had withdrawn large amounts from a Fixed Deposit (FD) over two days and so, Inspector JP Thakor went to the branch to investigate the matter as the branch manager thought that the customer could have been under “digital arrest”.

A statement from the police said that when the CCTV footage from the bank was checked, they found a suspicious person lurking around when the victim in this case was making the withdrawal.

Upon finding and apprehending this person, the police uncovered the racket where gang members would allegedly conduct reconnaissance around hospitals, markets, and religious places frequented by the elderly. The accused had allegedly met the victim at such a place and recommended the “physiotherapist” to heal the problem in the victim’s leg.

The elderly then called the number given by this person, after which the “physiotherapist” and his “assistant” went to the home of the victim, and on the false promise of removing the harmful toxins from the victim’s body, decided on a payment of Rs 7,000 per drop.

They then allegedly showed a large injection full of “black blood” that they had withdrawn from the victim and asked for payment. One gang member then went with the victim to the bank and withdrew Rs 4 lakh on one day and Rs 2.7 lakh on the second day and took it as payment.

The police said it recovered the entire amount and placed Mohammad Amjad Mohammad Mehmood, the accused who was with the victim at the bank, under arrest. Three other gang members still absconding are, Mohammad Aryan who “bumped” into the elderly and recommended the “physiotherapist”, Mohammad Shaikh alias Noman who pretended to be the physiotherapist, and Mohammad Sameer who acted as the doctor’s assistant. All the accused are residents of Rajasthan, police said.