MUMBAI: Police arrested a member of the Irani gang that mainly targets senior citizens by posing as police officers and makes away with gold ornaments after telling them to keep them in bag as police are conducting checks ahead.
Salman Jafari alias Zakir alias Actor (40) was arrested from Andheri (W) in a joint operation by Dehradun’s Patel Nagar police and Mumbai crime branch (unit VIII) on Monday. Jafari claimed he was a TV actor but later confessed to committing the offence as he had no work. Jafari committed offences in various states and returned to Mumbai with the booty after he booked to-and-fro flight tickets.
Patel Nagar police tracked Jafari’s location after he was booked for cheating an elderly woman of gold ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh in Dehradun on December 3.
DCP Akbar Pathan, who supervised a team including inspector Sanjeev Gawade tracked down Jafari.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/actor-held-for-making-away-with-ornaments-in-mumbai/articleshow/79751138.cms
