Mumbai, December 19: Two people have been arrested for masquerading as crime branch officials and kidnapping and robbing a 33-year-old Borivli resident. The accused, identified as Irfan Shaikh, 40, and Nasir Khan, 45, are residents of Mumbra.
An officer of the Kasturba Marg police station said the complainant, Virendra Ghedia, was talking over phone on Tuesday evening near the Sanjay Gandhi National Park when Shaikh and Khan robbed him.
“Shaikh introduced himself as inspector Pawar from the Andheri crime branch and told Ghedia that they needed to question him, as he had taken money from some of the people. Ghedia denied having taken money, but before he could understand anything, one of them took away his bike and forced him into a car,” senior inspector RR Thakur said.
“They robbed from him Rs700 cash and his cellphone and abandoned him near Oberoi mall in Goregaon (East),” said Thakur. After an inquiry with the Andheri crime branch, Ghedia came to know the two were imposters.
“But next day, Shaikh called him and demanded Rs20,000 to ‘settle’ his cases,” Thakur said. After that, Ghedia approached the Kasturba Marg police who laid a trap at Goregaon and arrested them when they came there to accept money from him,” Thakur said. Police have also recovered Ghedia’s bike from them.
–Agencies–