On Sunday night, The Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested 4 people who were trying to steal crores of money from a 82 year old deceased Businessman who passed away last month due to coronavirus.
The plan was made by one and helped by 3 other of his friends. He was the employee of the Juhu based businessman. They made a duplicate Aadhar Card of the businessman in order to get a Sim card for online transactions.
They got arrested when they were transacting money from his account,when the police raided them. The employee has been identified as Shafique Shaikh who had been working with the businessman for over 15 years. His friends Swapnil Vinod Oglekar,Pritesh Mandliya and Arshad Sayyed who had been working in a bank abroad but had returned to India during this pandemic. All of them have been identified as Residents of Mira Road.
According to the police, The Crime Branch has received a tip about their plans. Following a tip off, the police conducted a raid in the Dahisar Slum. They found a Laptop, Mobile Phones and documents on the name of the businessman. They were trying to carry out online transactions but failed as the police arrived just on time.
Sources said that Oglekar and Mandliya were history sheeters and that cases are registered against them for cyber frauds.
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