The police of Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh have got a big success. A thug Maulvi, who has been absconding for the last nine months, has been arrested, who is a resident of Nepal. According to the police, this person was living in the mosque as a Maulana and had cheated about 26 lakh rupees from dozens of villagers in the name of Tantra-Mantra and Jhadfunk.
According to the information, the arrested accused has been identified as Islamuddin, who is a resident of Jathara village of Rampur police station area of ​​Rohtak district of Nepal. In the year 2024, he came to Naseerpur village in Chandauli and started living in a mosque there as a Maulana. While living in the mosque, after winning the trust of the people, he started cheating them in the name of sweeping and tantra-mantra.
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This is how the game of cheating
Islamuddin continued to recover the villagers from one person to 25 to 30 thousand rupees from each person by pretending to have illness, domestic problem, money and ghost solution. Some people also took gold and silver ornaments. When the villagers realized the fraud, they filed a case against him in Chandauli Kotwali in August 2024. Since then, the police was looking for him.
How was the arrest?
The police received information from the informer that Islamuddin was hidden somewhere. Acting on the information, the police laid siege and arrested him. At the time of arrest, ₹ 4.10 lakh cash, Jhadfunk goods and fake Aadhaar cards of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were recovered from him. Nepal’s identity card has also been received from it.
The network was also spread in other districts
During interrogation, the accused said that he has cheated in Ghazipur and other districts in the past. The Chandauli police is now investigating its old criminal history and it is being ascertained who else are involved in its gang.
Police statement
Deputy SP Rajesh Kumar Rai said, the accused Islamuddin has misled the people in the name of Tantra-Mantra and cheated a huge amount of money and jewelry. A case has been filed against him and he has been sent to jail. More revelations are expected in the inquiry. At present, the accused has been sent to judicial custody and other contacts and fake documents are being investigated.