MUMBAI: A 21-year-old PG student had a "terrifying experience" while returning home from her college in an autorickshaw, at the hands of a scammer who tried to extort Rs 50,000 from her saying she possessed an e-cigarette . Within 12 hours of her complaint on Thursday, MIDC police arrested the three accused, who turned out to be BMC 's clean-up marshals.
Around 4.30pm on Oct 14, Dilshad Khan (34) and his two accomplices, Simranjit Singh and Rafique Chaudhari, followed the student, A S Sen, from outside her college before intercepting her auto near Holy Family Church. The incident lasted for over 15 minutes in a moving rickshaw before Khan exited the vehicle when Sen mustered courage to video-record his actions. Sen, thereafter, filed a complaint with after tagging the incident on Mumbai police's X handle.
DCP (Zone X) Sachin Gunjal said, "The case was solved within 12 hours after the team tracked the accused with the help of technical assistance and scanning various CCTV footage. Khan was arrested from Andheri while his accomplices were nabbed from Jogeshwari and Saki Naka."
The impostor asked Sen to withdraw Rs 50,000 from an ATM. When she said she didn't have funds, he pressured her to ask her friends to transfer Rs 10,000. Sen pretended to call a friend for money but instead contacted her brother and explained the situation to him. "My brother suspected it was a fraud and advised me to record the suspect's actions. This angered him," Sen said in the FIR.
The incident captured on video went viral with over 1,500 views. In the video, Sen can be heard assertively stating her location and the situation, mentioning that a man claiming to be a cop had stopped her in the middle of the road and was forcibly taking her to Powai chowki. As she continues recording, the impersonator looks visibly unsettled and exits the auto.
"CCTV showed the accused entering a pump where they paid through GPay. This helped us identify their details," said a cop. Khan had earlier been booked in a molestation case in 2022. "Those arrested work as clean-up marshals on a contract basis with BMC. We are probing if they committed similar offence in past," the cops added.
Around 4.30pm on Oct 14, Dilshad Khan (34) and his two accomplices, Simranjit Singh and Rafique Chaudhari, followed the student, A S Sen, from outside her college before intercepting her auto near Holy Family Church. The incident lasted for over 15 minutes in a moving rickshaw before Khan exited the vehicle when Sen mustered courage to video-record his actions. Sen, thereafter, filed a complaint with after tagging the incident on Mumbai police's X handle.
DCP (Zone X) Sachin Gunjal said, "The case was solved within 12 hours after the team tracked the accused with the help of technical assistance and scanning various CCTV footage. Khan was arrested from Andheri while his accomplices were nabbed from Jogeshwari and Saki Naka."
The impostor asked Sen to withdraw Rs 50,000 from an ATM. When she said she didn't have funds, he pressured her to ask her friends to transfer Rs 10,000. Sen pretended to call a friend for money but instead contacted her brother and explained the situation to him. "My brother suspected it was a fraud and advised me to record the suspect's actions. This angered him," Sen said in the FIR.
The incident captured on video went viral with over 1,500 views. In the video, Sen can be heard assertively stating her location and the situation, mentioning that a man claiming to be a cop had stopped her in the middle of the road and was forcibly taking her to Powai chowki. As she continues recording, the impersonator looks visibly unsettled and exits the auto.
"CCTV showed the accused entering a pump where they paid through GPay. This helped us identify their details," said a cop. Khan had earlier been booked in a molestation case in 2022. "Those arrested work as clean-up marshals on a contract basis with BMC. We are probing if they committed similar offence in past," the cops added.
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