Overview

• Gurugram Police lodged an FIR at Bilaspur police station and apprehended Vikas, 32, and Mahender Kumar, 48, on July 4 after a beneficiary’s complaint.
• Authorities recovered three mobile phones and a car during coordinated raids before securing the suspects’ remand for questioning.
• The duo is accused of targeting families under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Parivar Suraksha Yojana by exploiting delays in joint-account verifications.
• According to police, the suspects claimed they could expedite pending payments within 15 days in exchange for 30% of the ₹5 lakh compensation.
• Officers say the arrests have revealed about 15 similar commission-demanding incidents and they are probing the ring’s broader network and prior criminal records.