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A 79-year-old former Member of Parliament (MP) from Bihar has approached the Delhi Police to initiate an investigation against two of his attendants for allegedly misusing his details to embezzle money from his account by installing multiple payment applications without his permission.
Police said the accused also took money from farmers who would work on the leader’s piece of land on a lease basis. Dharmesh Prasad Verma, the victim, is a Samajwadi Party leader and former MP and MLA. Police said a case has been registered in New Delhi.
Verma accused the attendants of misusing his Parliament annexe card. The men helped him maintain his accounts but later embezzled his money, he said.
A case was registered in the matter on December 22 and the accused are being traced. As per police, the accused are in their early 20s. “They have worked with the minister’s family for years. Since the complainant is very old, he was dependent on others to run his business and take care of his accounts. The accused managed to get hold of all personal banking details. Within a few months, they managed to steal Rs 35 lakhs from him,” said an officer.
The investigation shows the accused used multiple applications on different phones such as Paytm, GPay, MobiKwik, Cred Club and others. All apps were connected to Verma’s Parliament Annex account. “In February, Verma found out that he had lost around Rs 18,000-Rs 20,000 as someone was using his credit cards without his permission. When Verma later came to Delhi and met State Bank of India officials, he found several such transactions. Also, that his bank account was linked to a Paytm account,” added the officer.
Police, in their investigation, found that Verma often leased parts of his farms to farm workers and farmers for cultivation. For this, he charged them an amount which was collected every week or month.
“The accused also interfered with this business and cheated farmers by taking money from farmers and falsifying accounts to extort more money. We are now conducting a full investigation about the payment applications, credit card misuse and other fraud,” said a senior police officer.
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