Rohit Saini, a Junior Engineer (JE) of Panchkula Municipal Corporation, has been arrested in a case of defrauding Shiv Prakash Singh, director of a sports company in Delhi, of ₹3.50 crore by posing as a government official and using Olympian Neeraj Chopra as fake connection. Rohit, a resident of Karnal, is the brother of Mohit Saini, the main accused in this case and a labourer in the agriculture department.
The Crime Branch has taken Rohit on an eight-day remand. In the initial interrogation, he revealed that his brother Mohit Saini is the mastermind of the entire fraud case. According to Rohit, only ₹4 rupees came into his account, while the remaining amount is with Mohit. He also stated that Mohit had contacted Shiv Prakash Singh by posing as an observer of the Haryana Sports Department. To gain trust, he also showed his pictures with Olympian Neeraj Chopra.
Photo of Mohit Saini, the mastermind of the fraud, with Olympian Neeraj Chopra. -File
According to the police, Mohit’s wife Neha is a Sub-Inspector in Haryana Police, while his third brother has been a councillor. His mother is also in the police department. Currently, the police are trying to reach all those people whose accounts have received amount obtained through fraud. Meanwhile, continuous raids are being conducted for the arrest of Mohit Saini, the mastermind of the case.
Mohit had trapped Shiv Prakash Singh, director of the sports company, by posing as an observer in the Haryana Sports Department.
Read how the sports company was defrauded…
- Goods provided for Goa National Games: Delhi resident Shiv Prakash Singh told the police that his company, Shiv Naresh Sports Private Limited, has been dealing in sports goods and sports uniforms for the last 30 years. In the year 2023, sports goods worth approximately ₹2.50 crore were immediately supplied to the Haryana Olympic Association for the Goa National Games. Despite the supply of goods, the payment remained stuck.
- Talked as a Finance Officer: According to Shiv Prakash Singh, in September 2025, Mohit Saini contacted him posing as Jaswant and informed him that his payment file had reached the Finance Department. When asked how he knew, he replied that he is an observer in the Haryana Sports Department and also handles finance matters. He started conversations via phone and WhatsApp by showing a photo with Olympian Neeraj Chopra. He initially demanded ₹50 lakh to expedite the file and release the payment.
- ₹50 Lakh transferred to 4 Accounts: Shiv Prakash alleged that he paid ₹50 lakh through bank transfers, IMPS, and cash on different dates. Subsequently, people named Mahesh, Ravindra, Naresh, and Anirudh were also included in the conversation, introduced as officers handling the file. However, even after many days, his payment-related problem was not resolved.
- Intimidated with ACB and Vigilance action: According to the complainant, when the work was not done, he started asking for his money back; then the accused created a new fear. It was said that the Anti-Corruption Bureau and Vigilance Department are investigating the matter, and he too could be apprehended in a bribery case. Taking advantage of this fear, the accused extorted a total of ₹3.50 crore rupees.
- Case registered after discovering fraud: According to Shiv Prakash, when he inquired about the accused in the Finance Department, no such person was found there. Upon realising the fraud, he traced the accused through phone numbers and bank details, which revealed the deception. Following this, he registered a case at Sector-20 Police Station, Panchkula, under BNS sections 318(4), 319(2), and 61(2), among other sections. This FIR was registered a month ago following an order from the Panchkula Police Commissionerate. The investigation of the case is now being handled by Crime Branch Sector-19.
Shiv Prakash Singh, Director of Shiv Naresh Sports Private Limited, had filed a report in this case at the Sector-20 police station in Panchkula a month ago.
How the fraudsters got caught by the police, know in two points
- Mastermind absconded as soon as the case was registered: As soon as the report was filed, information was gathered about Jaswant, the young man who spoke as a finance officer. When details like his mobile number and call records were collected, it was revealed that the accused’s name was not Jaswant, but Mohit Saini, and he was a ‘Beldar’ (labourer/helper) in the Agriculture Department in Panchkula. Following this, when the police raided, Mohit Saini absconded.
- Amount transferred in the name of family members: Following this, the police investigated Mohit Saini’s bank records and the accounts to which money was transferred from Shiv Prakash. It was found that Mohit Saini had transferred a significant amount of money to the accounts of his wife, brother, sister-in-law, and friends. This included his brother Rohit, who is a JE (Junior Engineer) in the Panchkula Municipal Corporation. As soon as this was discovered, the police apprehended Rohit.
Neta Saini, wife of Mohit Saini, the mastermind of this fraud case, is an SI in Haryana Police.
Information about mastermind of the fraud and his family
- Caught in gambling addiction, committed fraud: Police interrogation of Rohit Saini revealed that Mohit is currently caught in a gambling addiction. Due to this, he had accumulated a lot of debt. Because of this, he committed the fraud. When a complaint of fraud was filed a month ago, he stopped going to the office and absconded.
- Took money into accounts of brother, wife, and friends: Mohit Saini, the labourer, took the money from the company director into the accounts of his brother, wife, and friends. Mohit took ₹4 lakh into his brother Rohit Saini’s account. Police are trying to recover this amount during the remand period.
- Wife is Sub Inspector: The wife of the main accused, Neha Saini, is posted as a Sub Inspector in the police department. According to police sources, the accused also took a large sum of money into his wife’s account. Mohit’s brother Yudhveer Saini’s wife is a councillor. Yudhveer Saini himself was also a councillor previously. Some amount was also taken into his account. The accused’s mother is also in the police.
