Mumbai, November 09: Officers of the Shahu Nagar police station have arrested three imposters for posing as CID officers and robbing cash and valuables from people after kidnapping and threatening them with consequences.
“Anklesh Thakur, 35, Rashid Patel, 45, and Kanisht Singh, 29, were arrested and a Qualis car they had hired from a travel agency at Malad to commit crime has been seized,” senior inspector Waman Ghadigaonkar said, adding that Thakur was also involved in some robbery cases in Mumbai and Thane. Their fourth associate, Mukhtar, escaped.
The police officer said the three were arrested when they tried to rob 26-year-old Mubarak Ali Choudhari, a leather bags seller. “Around 10.30 pm on November 2, Choudhari was crossing the T junction at Dharavi to go home. Suddenly, the Qualis pulled over by his side and he was dragged inside the vehicle. One of the four then introduced himself as a CID officer and demanded money from him. They took away Rs3,000 Choudhari was carrying and let him go, saying they would visit his house to take Rs12,000 more,” Ghadigaonkar said, adding that the victim did not report the matter to the police, as his brother was unwell.
Around 8.30 pm on November 5, the four visited his home. They parked the Qualis about 300 meters from Choudhari’s house. Thakur and Patel went inside the house, while Singh and Mukhtar waited in the vehicle. When Choudhari saw the two, he suspected a foul play and screamed for help. His neighbours rushed to his house and nabbed the two. A police van also visited the spot. The police nabbed Kanisht Singh from the vehicle, but Mukhtar managed to escape, the police said.
–Agencies–