Cops say the culprit was about to escape to Sri Lanka, but was arrested in time; his wife and daughter u00c2u0094 believed to be accomplices are reportedly hiding in Delhi
Kapil Bansal
Investigations into his cheating racket have revealed that fraudster Kapil Sureshchandra Bansal (39) was involved in the cricket-betting racket since 2008, which was operational from Delhi-NCR. Meanwhile, eight FIRs have now been lodged against Bansal in Chandigarh alone by people whom he has allegedly duped of lakhs of rupees. MiD DAY had reported about Bansal’s latest con game yesterday (‘Prospective father-in-law cheats youth of Rs 19 lakh’).
Kapil Bansal
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Bansal, with the help of his wife Bharti (40) and daughter Simran alias Maanu (19), had cheated Pune-based youth Raj Singh and his mother on the pretext of setting up a business partnership after the two young persons got engaged.
Assistant police inspector DB Shingade said, “We have recovered a document from Bansal, which contains details of the amounts he had invested in illegal cricket betting. He is claiming that the transactions were related to old matches, but we are verifying the data.”
“After the news of Bansal’s arrest flashing in the media, many people are coming forward to register complaints against him. In Chandigarh alone, eight FIRs have been lodged against him, apart from one each in Pune, Delhi and Ghaziabad. Bansal was about to escape to Sri Lanka to evade arrest, but luckily we managed to nab him.
His wife and daughter are suspected to be hiding in Delhi, and we will catch them soon,” Shingade said. The cop added, “Bharti is Bansal’s second wife. Bansal’s modus operandi was to rent a flat in any posh locality and move around in high-end luxury cars.
After creating the impression of being a serious businessman in the eyes of his intended victims, his daughter used to identify a young man from a well-to-do family. She used to emotionally blackmail the youth and his family if they didn’t agree to the engagement or marriage. After the impediments were out of the way, Bansal’s used to take money from the victims fraudulently and flee the city.”
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