Delhi Police has registered 113 FIRs, of which 61 cases pertain to cheating and fraud in the name of providing COVID-19 medicines or oxygen while 52 cases related to black-marketing, hoarding or overcharging.
दिल्ली पुलिश शुरू में ही इस स्थिति का आभास कर लिया और अब तक 73 कालाबाज़ारी और धोखाधरी के मुक़दमें दर्ज किए और 91 अपराधियों को पकड़े । भारी मात्रा में ऑक्सिजन सिलेंडर और concentrators, दवाई आदि ज़प्त किए और अस्पताल एवं जरूरतमंदो को अदालत की स्वीकृति से दे दिए@HMOIndia @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/e7ISJFvo2g
— CP Delhi #DilKiPolice (@CPDelhi) May 3, 2021
A total of 100 arrests have been made in these cases, the police informed on Tuesday. The Delhi Police has also begun action against fraud callers and cyber financial cheats. In the last two days, 200 mobile numbers, 95 bank accounts, 33 UTR and 17 UPI/Wallet involved in this inhuman crime have been identified, the police said.
MAKING MILLIONS FROM MISERY| Gang of 4 businessmen arrested by #DelhiPolice North Distt team in 2-day long crackdown on #blackmarketing during #COVID19 pandemic. 170 #OxygenConcentrators 170 adapters seized. Were selling each concentrator at ₹1 Lakh!
More raids underway. pic.twitter.com/85VwFhI0j9— Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) April 29, 2021
In all 196 ready to sell fake Remdesivir injections were seized. From the premises, packing machines, 3000 empty vials for packing Ramdesivir were recovered. Accused further disclosed that he already sold 2000 fake Remdesivir injections to desperate people @HMOIndia @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/FfJix2xIAo
— CP Delhi #DilKiPolice (@CPDelhi) April 29, 2021
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The Delhi Police cyber unit CyPAD has also aligned with the Cyber and Information Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs, to create an integrated platform for law enforcement agencies and financial intermediaries like banks, wallets, merchants for real-time incident reporting, transmission, escalation, estoppels and resolution.
करोना से उत्पन्न चुनौतिपूर्ण स्थिति में दो प्रकार के लोग सामने आए – एक जो ऑक्सिजन, दवाई आदि के लिए कालाबाज़ारी/ धोखाधरी करना , और दूसरे जो सक्रिय होकर जरूरतमंदो को मानवीय तरीक़े से मदद करना । ऑक्सिजन पहुँचाने के नाम पर झारखंड, बंगाल आदि से धोखाधरी कर रहे है। @HMOIndia @PMOIndia
— CP Delhi #DilKiPolice (@CPDelhi) May 3, 2021
The Delhi Police has also released some numbers on which anyone can complain about the about malpractices like overcharging by ambulances, fake medicines, hoarding and black marketing of oxygen cynlinders and remdesivir.
#DELHIPOLICE ACTION ON COVID CHEATS |
Did someone #cheat you in name of providing oxygen/medicine/hosp bed/remdesivir etc? U paid online & its gone?1. Report on #155260 so we can stop ur money frm reaching cheat.
2. Report on https://t.co/UX8RcXyvXF
3. Call4 asst #01123469900— Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) May 3, 2021
EXPANDING OUR COVID HELPLINE| You can complain on #DelhiPolice Covid Helpline 011-23469900 abt malpractices like #Overcharging by #Ambulances #Fake covid medicine #Blackmarketing #Hoarding of medicines oxy cylinders, concentrators, med equipment; #harassment at Cremation Grnd etc https://t.co/UW4egCbNXW
— Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) May 1, 2021
“The singular objective of this platform is to prevent the defrauded money from exiting the financial ecosystem and ending up in the hands of the fraudsters either in hard cash or as goods purchased over e-commercial sites”.