New Delhi Apr 22 PTI A couple and one of their associates were arrested for allegedly duping people on the pretext of providing foreign currency at half its market value police said on Friday They identified the arrested men as Jamaal 41 a resident of GTB Enclave and Mohammad Nahid Shaikh 33 a resident of Harsh Vihar The police did not divulge the name of Jamaals wife The complainant an e-rickshaw driver said he learnt from his friend that certain people were providing US dollars at half the market value and hence arranged Rs 1 lakh to get them exchanged for the American currency a senior police officer said He met Jamaal and his wife at Gokalpuri and handed them Rs 1 lakh in return for the US dollars in a bag Soon the couple along with their associate Nahid Shaikh left the venue after which the complainant opened the bag only to find a bundle of newspapers cut in the shape of currency notes police said Jamaal was apprehended from Loni roundabout on Thursday He revealed to the police that the trio executed the crime on the direction of one Kahana Jaleel Deputy Commissioner of Police Northeast Sanjay Kumar Sain said Later Jamaals wife and Sheikh were also arrested They have been involved in several cases of cheating the DCP said Jaleel the kingpin has employed several members for the purpose and he has divided them into groups to carry out assigned tasks One group finds the target The other convinces the targets to get the money exchanged while the third group delivers the bundle of papers and receive the money police said Efforts are on to nab Jaleel they said adding a bike and Rs 45000 were recovered from Jamaal PTI NIT NIT CJ CJ