New Delhi: Delhi Khan Market’s popular eatery ‘Saleem Javed-Rule The Rolls Since 1960’ is in the headlines, not for its rolls but the arrest of its owner over alleged involvement in a cyber fraud network. According to the Delhi Police, an account registered in the name of the company was found holding money cheated from victims of cyber fraud.
The police Tuesday arrested owner Mohammad Javed, 49, for allegedly facilitating cyber fraud and “bound down” (via execution of a bond with surety to appear when summoned) his partner and brother Mohammad Saleem.
Both are residents of Sainik Farm, Delhi, and are the sons of Haji Banda Hasan, founder of the popular food chain Khan Chacha also known for its rolls. Khan Chacha is now owned by businessman Navneet Kalra.
Speaking to ThePrint, Saleem, second owner of the eatery, said “we were cheated” and we “did not know about the fraudulent transactions”.
The probe into the account is part of the police’s ongoing Operation CyHawk 4.0 that aims to disrupt organised cyber fraud syndicates. According to Cyber Police Station of New Delhi District, the account was part of a network involved in digital arrest scams with funds channelled through mule bank accounts.
The police said that during scrutiny of complaints received on the National Cyber Reporting Platform (NCRP) portal, several suspicious transactions were traced to one ICICI Bank account operating within the jurisdiction of New Delhi District. A preliminary inquiry revealed that the account was used to receive money cheated from victims of digital arrest scams.
“The said account was found to be registered in the name of the company ‘Saleem Javed Rule The Rolls Since 1960’, operating from Khan Market, New Delhi. Prior to 2020, the accused were running their business under the well-known brand ‘Khan Chacha’, which had been founded by their father, Haji Banda Hasan. Thereafter, in 2020, they launched a new brand under the name ‘Saleem Javed-Rule The Rolls Since 1960’,” DCP (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma said in a statement.
Further probe revealed as many as 21 complaints linked to the account, with cheated funds amounting to approximately Rs 3.3 crore. Prima facie, the police believe, the account was being used as a mule account for receiving and routing proceeds of cyber fraud.
Accordingly, a case was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections relating to cheating and criminal conspiracy at Cyber Police Station, New Delhi District, and investigation was taken up.
DCP Sharma said the account owners were traced during the probe and served notice.
“On interrogation, they disclosed that they had opened the account for their restaurant and catering business but, due to financial difficulties, agreed to allow the account to be used by other persons in return for commission,” he stated.
The accused disclosed to the police the name of an associate Harvinder Kohli, who later introduced them to one Naseem and one Sandeep Dwivedi.
“The latter offered them 2-3% commission for allowing the use of their bank account for routing money. Tempted by the offer, the accused shared details of their ICICI Bank account and facilitated the fraudulent transactions,” the DCP stated.
Police said that the investigation further revealed that approximately Rs 54 lakh was credited into the said account and thereafter layered and transferred to other accounts. The accused had also deleted certain chats with co-accused persons but crucial digital evidence was recovered during the investigation.
Accused Javed has been remanded in police custody for tracing the remaining members of the cyber fraud syndicate. The police also recovered two mobile phones and two SIM cards during the investigation. These along with bank account details are being shared with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) for cross-verification with similar complaints and ongoing investigations across the country.
The role of Kohli, Naseem and Dwivedi in the racket is being investigated and efforts are being made to apprehend them, the police said.
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‘Didn’t know about transactions’
On LinkedIn, Saleem states that he completed his studies in 1996 and joined the business of his father who introduced him to “his unique and secret recipe of making kebabs, tikkas and Mughlai food”.
Mohammad Javed is the elder son of Haji Banda Hasan and worked for three years in an MNC post-graduation. He started working with his father and brother in 2000, adds Saleem’s profile.
“The brothers are now famously referred to as the Khan Market Brothers,” it says.
Saleem also said that in 2020, the family left the Khan Chacha business and opened their own restaurant. They had also approached the Delhi High Court over the split, following which Navneet Kalra took over Khan Chacha.
Saleem told ThePrint that “we were cheated by a few people, who told us they needed some money, and took the bank account. We did not know about the fraudulent transactions. We believe in the course of law”.
A look at Operation CyHawk
Joint Commissioner of Police (IFSO) Rajneesh Gupta said in a press conference Wednesday that Operation CyHawk was conceptualised following a month-long intelligence build-up with I4C and the Union home ministry, and included mapping cyber hotspots, analysing mule accounts, tracing suspicious transactions, and correlating digital trails.
A total of 8,371 suspects have been rounded up and 1,404 accused were either arrested or bound down based on strong evidence and financial trails. In addition, 2,203 notices were issued to suspects involved in backward linkages of cyber fraud modules. A total of 499 new FIRs were registered during Operation CyHawk, besides tracing and apprehending cyber scammers in connection with earlier pending cyber fraud cases.
“Multiple illegal call centres were neutralised, preventing ongoing scams involving fake job offers, digital arrest, telemarketing fraud, customer-care impersonation, and tech-support deception,” the JCP said.
He said that 3,564 NCRP complaints connected to identified mule accounts and suspect mobile numbers, expanding investigative depth. More than Rs 519 crore defrauded across the country was disclosed under complaints registered on the NCRP portal and was linked to various mule bank accounts connected with organised cyber fraudsters.
(Edited by Nida Fatima Siddiqui)
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