Updated: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:54 (IST) Police have arrested six thugs who studied engineering and management in Noida. These people are deceiving us by giving double the amount of small notes in exchange for big notes … read more Jagran Correspondent, Greater Noida. Bisarkh Kotwali Police has exposed a gang of fraudsters by luring people to give double the amount in the form of small Rs 100-200 in exchange for large notes. Six members, including the leader of the gang, were arrested and Rs 5.75 lakh, two luxury cars, five fake Aadhaar cards, note counting machine, three trolley bags filled with bundles of currency notes and other items were recovered from their possession. The arrested thugs are engineers and management degree holders. Remove Advertisement Only Read News A young man named Sonu Yadav duped Deepika Aggarwal and her brother-in-law Vishal Aggarwal, resident of Dream Land Society, Ghaziabad, of Rs 16.50 lakh in the name of double the amount in the form of small notes in exchange for large notes. Accused Sonu called both of them on December 4 in front of Gaur City Mall. From here, Centurion along with a young man named Chhotu was taken to flat number 1608 of Tower B-2 of Trace Homes Society. Two more youths were found in the apartment. Deepika and her brother-in-law counted the notes twice using the machine kept in the apartment and kept it in the bag. Sonu and Chhotu both left to the car and left. In the car, both of them looked at the notes stuffed in the pocket. In the bundle, only one note looked real, the rest were pieces of paper the size of the note. After realizing the deception, both quickly got down and reached the flat, but the accused were missing. On Deepika’s complaint, the police registered a case of cheating in the Bisrakh police station on December 5. DCP Shakti Mohan said that on December 11, the police team arrested the gang leader Indramani alias Raja, alias Indra from near the Rudra Society located in Sector-16. During interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime of defrauding people by giving them double the smaller notes in exchange for larger notes. A case was registered against the accused and they were sent to jail. Told that the name of another accused in the gang has come to light, efforts are being made to arrest him. There are 6-7 people involved in the gang, those who have more cash are targeted by the gang. The accused use a platform like a cot in the room of a predetermined apartment. Make holes in the bed and wall. Sitting on the throne, he counted the money and put the bundles in the bag. He gives the right wads of notes to the person sitting under the chair and asks him to put a real note on the wad of paper and put it in the bag. This will make the person sitting on the chair in front feel that the genuine notes counted are the same ones kept in the pocket. Customers are made to sit on chairs in front of the platform and after counting the notes from the machine, they are assured that all the notes are genuine. Two or three people nearby do the work to distract. The accused include engineer, BBA and polytechnic degree holder Shubham Tiwari, resident of Piari police station Mugra Badshahpur, Jaunpur. He did polytechnology. Used to do customs export import work, have office in China. Naveen Singh resident of Karsari Gautam police station Niranjanpur district Basti, has done BBA. Nirala, resident of Indramani, Aspire Police Station, Bisarkh, native of Bhairopur Police Station, Doriganj Saran, Bihar, did engineering from IT Raipur. Gaurav Gupta resident of Nirala Aspire Ketwali Bisarkh, passed M.Com. Ritesh, resident of Dudhela Gachhi Police Station, Sonpur Saran Bihar, studied till Intermediate and Chanchal, resident of Pahetiya Police Station, Hajipur Vaishali Bihar, obtained diploma in automobile. Three cases have been registered against Indramani, two against Chanchal and one case each against the other four accused in different police stations.