A bar singer, former bank employee and an electrician among seven accused were arrested by Delhi Police for orchestrating a Bollywood film Special 26-like CBI raids at a businessman’s house in northwest Delhi’s Rohini, police said.The seven arrested have been identified as Asifa (29), a native of Jammu and Kashmir; Pooja Aggarwal, a former singer at bars and restaurants; Kuldeep Sharma (63), a former employee of a bank; Chander Prakash Sharma (38), a former electronics repairman; and unemployed men Shubham alias Golu (25), Rajveer Singh (21), and Nitin Sharma (30).According to police, on August 11, at about 10 pm, complainant Pratham Aggarwal, a residentof Prashant Vihar, reported that while he and his mother were present at their residence, a group of approximately eight persons, comprising six males and two females, arrived outside their house and represented themselves as officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The persons allegedly displayed purported CBI identity cards, claimed that they had come to conduct a raid and demanded entry into the house. When the complainant and his mother asked them to produce proper authorisation or a search warrant, they allegedly threatened and intimidated them. The group remained outside the residence for approximately one and a half hour, creating fear and apprehension. Following intervention by neighbours, they allegedly claimed that a notice had been issued to the complainant’s father and left on the pretext of retrieving it from their vehicle. The complainant thereafter called the police helpline at 112. During investigation, CCTV footage, electronic evidence, the purported CBI notice, and other relevant material were collected and analysed. Technical surveillance and sustained investigation led to the identification of the persons allegedly involved. Based on the evidence developed during investigation, seven accused persons were arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Shashank Jaiswal said. Investigation has revealed that the accused persons allegedly adopted a modus operandi of impersonating CBI officials, approaching selected persons, displaying purported identity cards or documents, and conducting or attempting to conduct fake raids or searches with the intention of intimidating the targets and obtaining money or valuables.The accused persons are suspected to have been involved in similar activities for approximately three to four months.


