ISLAMABAD (APP) Police have arrested eleven persons for their alleged involvement in preparing bogus chequebooks of a company and attempting to withdraw cash from its account. According to a police spokesman, Fazal Manan Khan, owner of Fazal Manan Khan and Company, lodged a report with Industrial area police station on February 12 that Bank Manager Al-Falah Bank I-8 Markaz had informed him that a fake cheque of his company had been deposited for the transfer of Rs. 400,000 in the account of a person Naveed. He also informed that the bank management had succeeded to arrest Imtiaz Warraich while Naveed managed to flee from the scene. Following the incident, SP Industrial Area constituted a team headed by DSP Industrial Area Khursheed Khan and comprising of SHO I-9 police station Fiaz Ahmed Ranjha, Sub-Inspector Hebat Ullah, Assistant Sub-Inspectors Amir Abbass, Rafi Ullah, Constable Raja Nisar and other police officials to investigate the matter. The police team succeeded to arrest eleven persons who were involved in the fraud. These persons were identified as Muhammad Nadir Khan Lodhi, Ali Kazmi, Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Qadeer Aftab, Anees Ur Rehman, Ch. Afzal, Farooq Ahmed, Naveed Khan, Muhammad Afzal, Imitaz Warraich and Muhammad Farooq. The police spokesman said main member of the gang was Muhammad Nadir Khan Lodhi, Operation Manager Bank Al-Falah Limited F-8 Branch, who handed over a photocopy of an original cheque to his other accomplice Nadeem Akhtar working as clerk in Ministry of Statistics. On the strength of this copy, a fake chequebook of Fazal Manan and Company was prepared, he added. The accused Nadeem Akhtar with the help of Ali Kazmi, an employee in the Intermediate Board Rawalpindi, prepared a CD after composing this cheque from Muhammad Farooq and Afzal Computer Centre. Fake cheques were prepared and four cheques were filled with an amount of Rs. 400,000, Rs. 5.5 million, Rs. 7.5 million and Rs.8 million. With the reference of another bank employee Anees Ur Rehman, they convinced three persons Farooq Ahmed, Ch Afzal and Qadeer Aftab to withdraw cash against these cheques from various banks. During the attempts by these people to get the cash against these cheques, the police team succeeded to arrest them. The police recovered four cheques of various amounts, computers, scanners and monitors from them and also obtained their physical remand. The police have appreciated the Manager of Al-Falah Bank I-8 Markaz whose rational approach helped them in tracing out the cheaters in a short time. Police are hopeful for getting more information from them regarding their involvement in cyber crime, the spokesmen added. Inspector General of Police Islamabad Syed Kaleem Imam and SSP Islamabad Tahir Alam Khan has appreciated performance of the team who arrested the fraudsters and announced cash prizes as well as commendation certificates for them.