NEW DELHI: Three Nigerian nationals have been arrested by the police from South Extension market on Tuesday for allegedly running an international credit racket in the Capital. Seven cloned credit cards were seized from the accused, who used them to buy electronics and other goods from upscale markets in Delhi. More arrests in the racket are expected.
The crime branch stepped up action on receiving a complaint from a bank that a fake credit card is being used for purchase at a South Extension market. They later apprehended the suspects on Tuesday.
Interrogation of the accused revealed that they had been using fake credit cards to do shopping in Delhi. A S Cheema, DCP, (crime and railways), informed that, "the accused had procured the cards from a friend in Nigeria. A laptop and seven mobile phones were seized from them. The laptop contained data of about 200 international credit cards."
The police also seized three mobile phones which the accused had purchased using the fake credit cards. One of the mobiles had details of six credit cards in it. A police remand has been sought for further investigation.
Those arrested have been identified as Abayomi Anifowoshe (30), Evans Amathila Imadonmwinyi (32) and Bawwa (29). Police said Abayomi arrived in India in June 2008 in Mumbai for medical treatment of his wife who is yet to come to India.
He stayed in Mumbai with a friend for a week before coming to Delhi. He had been sharing a room with co-accused Bawwa at Arjun Nagar. Evans had been renting a place near Safadarjung airport. He came to India last year on a tourist visa. The third accused, Bawwa, came to India in March this year for a kidney surgery at Batra Hospital. "The three accused met through their contacts and received details of the credit cards through their contacts in Delhi," said a senior police officer.
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