Patna: Patna Police have arrested 5 individuals, who had been utilizing the title of former cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni to dupe individuals by way of random calls.

The accused had been working from a two BHK rented flat within the KhemniChak locality of Patna and contacting individuals by way of random calls. They provided financial institution loans, bank cards, GST payments, insurance coverage, KYC updates, and so on.

“The accused are identified as Gautam Kumar, Bharat Kumar, Aakash Sinha alias Chotu, Rajiv Ranjan and Aakash Kumar. They were running a fake company Dhani finance Ltd from a two BHK flat and also designed a website for the company. They used the name and photograph of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as well,” mentioned Manavjeet Singh Dhillon, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Patna.

The incident got here to gentle after two of the accused travelled on a motorcycle in Patrakar Nagar space of Patna. At that point, Patrakar Nagar SHO Manoranjan Bharti was patrolling. He chased the bikers after discovering their actions suspicious and managed to nab them.

“During interrogation, they revealed the place where they were running the company to dupe people. When we raided there, three more accused were arrested. We have seized Rs 1.45 lakh cash, 10 mobile phones, dairies, one bike and a laptop,” Dhillon mentioned.

(IANS)