NEW DELHI: Mohit Goel, the mastermind of the 2017 Freedom 251 Ringing Bells scam, was arrested again for threatening a rape survivor and in a case of an attempt to murder.
Police have also nabbed two of his accomplices. Investigators claimed that to settle an old business dispute, Goel hatched a conspiracy to implicate his brother-in-law in false cases.
Police said in August 2020, a rape case was registered at Dwarka South police station against Vikas Mittal, Goel’s brother-in-law. Thereafter, the victim started receiving threatening calls from an unknown person. Mittal was later nabbed from IGI Airport.
Police said, even after arresting Mittal, the survivor received another threatening call. “On September 24, 2020, an unknown person caught her near Civil Lines Metro Station and threatened her again,” the officer said. A case was registered in this regard.
“One Sumit Yadav was a witness to this incident,” the officer said. Later, Yadav told police that he was threatened by a person who also tried to kill him. On his complaint, another case was registered.
Joint commissioner of police (crime) Alok Kumar said, during the probe, they arrested one Vinit from Gurgaon. He admitted that Goel and Sumit Yadav were the main conspirators. Later, a team formed under ACP (crime branch) Girish Kaushik arrested Goel from Noida and Yadav was caught outside the Chandigarh high court.
Special commissioner of police (crime) Devesh Srivastava said, to settle an old dispute with Mittal, Goel, along with his associates, committed the crime. “Vinit was PSO of Goel and Yadav was his friend. He started threatening the survivor with the help of two of his associates,” the officer said.
Vinit was also sent to Civil Lines Metro Station for threatening the survivor. Yadav, as per plan, was present at the spot and later became a witness.
In 2016-17, Goel had duped people of more than Rs 200 crore on the pretext of providing them cheap smartphones. “After coming from jail, he started dry fruits business. He again duped people,” the officer said.
