NEW DELHI: A man, his brother-in-law, as well as their associates, have been booked for swapping ATM cards to cheat people across New  Delhi,  Police official said on April 10.

The accused were known as Sonu Kumar, 27, his brother-in-law Sandeep, and Jony alias Rocky, all belonged to Haryana.

With the arrest of the trio, the official said to have resolved 14 cases of fraud after discovering 113 ATM cards from various banks and two PayTm machines in the possession of the accused.

On March 23, the Najafgarh police station got a complaint of cheating from a woman who said that two unidentified males had altered her debit card when she was trying to withdraw money from an ATM.

As per information by the official " A total of Rs 10,500 got withdrawn from her account. A case was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and investigation was taken up,"

"On March 29, Sandeep and Jony were captured in the Baba Haridas Nagar region after getting precise information. ATM cards of the various banks and a Paytm machine, which were used by them to transfer the cash from ATM cards, were recovered from their possession," said the DCP.

On their request, police also detained Sonu and another Paytm device, and 87 other ATM cards from different banks were found in his possession.

"Sonu, the mastermind, is married to Sandeep. The closest related is Jony. On the advice of Parveen, a native of Khanda village in Hisar, Haryana, they committed the crime ""The accused also admitted that they had learned about the stated crime from Rajesh, who is currently leading a gang in Lucknow, the officer said. 

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