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Palghar (Maharashtra):

Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police in Maharashtra have unearthed 16 cases by arresting four people for distracting people at ATM centers and stealing their money.

An official gave this information on Thursday.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Suhas Bavche, the MBVV police have recovered a car, cash and mobile phones worth Rs 5.28 lakh from the interstate gang.

At the same time, the police have also seized 94 ATM cards from the accused.

Police quoted the victim as saying, "On December 9 last year, Santosh Bhuvan of Nalasopara near the ATM was tricked by four people into changing his ATM card with a fake ATM card and withdrew Rs 40,000 from his account.

Police said that after investigation on the complaint of Bhuvan, the accused were arrested.

According to the police, while working on the surveillance camera footage and other leads, the Pelhar police found that the four accused are residents of Ulhasnagar in Mumbai.

Police said the gang members changed their mobile numbers and moved to Daman, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh to escape from the police.

In the last week of January, the police got the news of the accused returning to Maharashtra.

After this, the police arrested all the accused at Shirpur in Dhule district.

The accused were identified as Vicky Salve (32), Vicky Wankhede (22), Anil Velode (29) and Vaibhav Mahadik (34).

The officer said that during the interrogation of the accused, the police came to know of 16 cases in Mumbai, Nanded and Madhya Pradesh.

In which the accused have so far cheated the people to the tune of nine lakh rupees.

The police have also named the four RPs in more than 15 other cases registered across the state.

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