JAIPUR: The Jaipur police busted an ‘ullu (owl) gang’ and arrested two persons including the kingpin, who duped people by offering to sell rare indigenous owls.
The Shahpura police of Jaipur (Rural), has identified the accused as Bishan Lal alias Vishnu (20) and Roshan Kumar (24). According to the superintendent of police, Shankar Dutt Sharma, the complainant had alleged in his FIR that he had given Rs 6 lakh to Bishan Lal to buy an owl. The complainant had hoped to sell the owl to another party for Rs 45 lakh.
The money was paid to the accused on July 1. A week after taking the money, Bishan Lal claimed that the owl was dead and there was nothing that he could do. “The complainant demanded his money back, so Bishan Lal asked him to meet him near Lilka river where Bishan Lal handed over the cash to the complainant and left,” Sharma said.
When the complainant began counting the cash, he found that barring a few notes of Rs 500, all other currency notes in the bag were fake, with a stamp from some toy bank.
The complainant followed Bishan Lal’s car. The accused hit into the complainant’s bike to evade him and fled.
The Shahpura police formed a special team to track down the gang and arrested the duo on Thursday night. According to Sharma, the police are making efforts to check if Bishan Lal had roped in other members in his gang.
