Gurugram: BSF Deputy Commandant, kin nabbed for 'duping' 3 businessmen of over Rs 100 crore

Gurugram, January 13

The Gurugram police nabbed a Deputy Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF), his wife and sister for allegedly defrauding three businessmen of over Rs 100 crore by promising them a construction contract in the National Security Guard (NSG).

The mastermind of the fraud posed as an IPS officer posted in the NSG. Over Rs 13 crore and six luxury cars have been recovered from the accused. The accused were identified as the mastermind of the fraud BSF deputy commandant Praveen Yadav, his wife Mamta Yadav and his sister Rituraj Yadav and Dinesh Kumar, a native of Hisar.

It was on January 8 when one Narain Das Israni had filed a complaint with the Gurugram police that Yadav had duped him of Rs 65 crore, promising construction work in the NSG. Similarly, businessman Davinder Yadav also alleged a similar fraud amounting to Rs 37 crore.

Following the complaint, FIRs were registered at the Manesar police station and an SIT has been formed by police commissioner K K Rao yesterday.

“The key accused Praveen Yadav is deputy commandant with the BSF and had recently applied for the voluntary retirement scheme. He came on deputation in NSG, Manesar, for the time. He had incurred losses of over Rs 40 crore in shares. He formed a private firm by making his wife and sister directors. With the help of the fake letter head and the seal of the NSG, they also got the bank account of the firm and another on the name of the NSG in Axis Bank and started extorting money in the name of building an internal road. The accused had, after duping people, got luxury cars and luxury apartments on rent. He was trying to dupe many persons in the name of construction work at the Hyderabad centre of the NSG, but some people raised an alarm and approached the police, which led to their arrest,” said Preet Pal Singh Sangwan, ACP, crime and head of the SIT.