News Desk, Press24 News, Lucknow
Published by: Pankaj Srivastava
Updated Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:20 AM IST
The search is on for his two other accomplices. The gang had duped a Prayagraj resident woman leader of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of making her a minister. The victim had filed a case at the Haztarganj police station a few days ago.
Four accused in police custody
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According to Inspector-in-Charge Hazratganj Shyam Babu Shukla, a woman leader Rita Singh, a resident of Prayagraj, had filed a case at the Hazratganj police station a few days ago. In which it was alleged that some people met him at the BJP office. He described himself as close to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He promised to get a ministerial post in the state government. In return, he was asked to pay Rs. To give confidence, many pictures were also shown with the Union Home Minister. On being trusted, the fraudsters asked to give token money. Fraudsters deposited token money of Rs 4 lakh from Rita Singh. After this, he gave assurance of making a minister in the next expansion. After a few days, he started procrastinating during the conversation.
Fraudsters are associated with Uttarakhand
According to ACP Crime Branch Praveen Malik, two of the arrested fraudsters are related to Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand. Shamim Ahmed Khan is a resident of Sanjay Colony of Udham Singh Nagar. And Hasnain Ali of Islamnagar. One of the accused Himanshu Singh is a resident of Raniganj Kotwa in Ballia. Go there, a resident of Nawabganj of Alam Bareilly. Two members of this gang are absconding. Shahid of Nawabganj of Bareilly and Bablu alias Vijay of Sisaiah Sitaratganj of Udham Singh Nagar. who are being sought.
Used to get tickets of MLA and Legislative Council
During interrogation, the accused told that they used to make themselves big leaders and their PA to get small-level BJP leaders to get tickets for the Assembly and Legislative Council and to make them ministers. After this, he used to call BJP leaders assuring him that he would get a ticket or a ministerial post. After this, they used to run away with token money. The accused themselves had demanded one crore token money in the name of the Union Home Minister and his PA. The fraudsters had given Rita the promise of making her a minister in the state government and getting a seat in the Legislative Council.
Hasnain used to talk as Home Minister
According to the police, Hasnain Ali, who was arrested in the fraudsters, used to talk to all the regional and local leaders to make them ministers, MLAs and MLCs. He used to call himself Home Minister Amit Shah. The people with him had also saved Hasnain’s name in their mobile as the Home Minister. There they used to call on his number. so that no one has any doubts. At the same time, Shahid of Nawabganj used to become the personal secretary of Home Minister Amit Shah. He called Rita Singh several times and got him to talk to Hasnain, who became the Home Minister.
Four lakhs were grabbed for the ticket to become the Praspa president
According to the police, the caught fraudster is very clever. He has cheated people in the name of getting tickets in the assembly elections from the national leader of BJP to other parties and even by becoming the President of Progressive Samajwadi Party. The accused used to extort money ranging from Rs 3 to 8 lakh from everyone. After that they talked for a few days. Then used to block his number on mobile. Police are on the lookout for two absconding members of this gang.
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