In a recent crackdown, the Delhi Police used high-tech Facial Recognition Technology (FRS) to arrest three criminals who tricked a bank into giving them a huge loan of ₹75 lakh (7.5 million INR) using fake documents. Among those arrested was Pankaj Sachdeva, also known by the fake name Roshan Manchanda, who created fake property documents and IDs to get the loan.
This case began back in 2019 when a woman named Harminder Kaur Anand from Bengaluru found out her property in northwest Delhi had been wrongly mortgaged. She bought this property in 2011, but when she visited it in 2018, she discovered loan notices on her property, which shocked her.
The police learned that these criminals specifically targeted empty properties. They forged documents to pretend to own these properties and then applied for loans. Once they got the money, they moved it around to different accounts under fake names, making it hard for anyone to find out where the money went.
After years of trying to catch them, the Delhi Police finally made progress by using FRS technology. They matched a photo from the loan application with their database and found out that the real name of the scammer was Pankaj Sachdeva, who lived in Tagore Garden. He had used fake IDs, including a PAN card and a voter ID, to support his lies.
Once his identity was confirmed, the police raided Sachdeva’s home and arrested him. During questioning, he revealed that two other people, Suhail Chauhan and Nitin Verma, helped him with the loan process and took ₹18.4 lakh as payment for their role. Both accomplices were later arrested in Meerut and Faridabad.
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