By IANS,
Jaipur : A Rajasthan Police team is being rushed to Hanoi (Vietnam) to arrest the five accused of a multi-million fraud detained by Interpol there, police said here Wednesday.
The five, identified as Manvendra Singh, Pramod Sharma, Mahendra Kumar, Asha and Neetu, are accused of swindling Rs.2,000 million from thousands of people in Rajasthan and many other states on the pretext of investing in his multi-level marketing firm, named Gold Sukh.
Asha and Neetu are wives of Pramod and Mahendra, respectively, and are also accomplices in the fraud, police added.
According to the police, a red-corner notice had been issued against the five after it was found that they were hiding in Vietnam.
“Their email communication with people in Rajasthan was under scanner of our technical team. This exposed their location following which we tipped off Hanoi police as well as Interpol,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (south) Karan Sharma told IANS.
The five were located in Hanoi and taken into custody by Interpol, the officer said.
“We have constituted a team of five police officers in Jaipur which will go to Hanoi and bring them here. Some formalities are yet to be completed before the team leaves,” said the officer.
“They (the five accused) were being searched for the past two and a half months after their company was busted by the police. Another director Narendra and his wife Saroj were arrested a fortnight ago. A total of 19 people associated with the firm had already been arrested,” a police officer said.
He added that these accused duped people by promising unrealistic returns on their investment.