Praveen Kumar and Hukam Chand were apprehended last week following investigations into a complaint that one Masood Ahmed was cheated of Rs 1.43 lakh by two persons, Chhaya Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), said.

“They used to call clients of insurance companies whose premiums were due. On the pretext of taking premium, they would visit the house of the victim.

Then, with the help of a magic pen, they would fill the details in the cheque and would also offer the magic pen to the victim to cheque the sign.

“After taking cheque, they would go to their whereabouts and would heat the cheque. As soon as the ink of magic pen on cheque gets heated, the details filled in the cheque would disappear.

Thereafter, the accused would fill new name, date and amount in the cheque and withdrew the money from the account of victim,” she said.

The complainant was approached by the duo on June 26 and had obtained a cheque of Rs 7,300.

Later, he was informed by his bank that Rs 1.43 lakh has been withdrawn by one Anil Dhama who had given a copy of his PAN card as identity and a mobile number.

During investigations, police obtained the footage of CCTV installed at Indusind Bank in Vasant Kunj from where the money was withdrawn.

On Friday, Kumar was apprehended from Lalita Park in Laxmi Nagar on a tip which led to Chand.

Kumar and Chand were earlier working as Tele Marketing Executives in a company and allegedly planned to cheat people who have accounts with different insurance companies and whose premiums were due.

Of the Rs 1.43 lakh they allegedly withdrew, police managed to recover Rs 95,000.