16 December,2020 02:47 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The Mumbai Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested a TV actor from his residence in Andheri for allegedly duping several elderly persons in Nagpur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh by posing as policeman.
According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, 40-year-old Firoz Jafari alias Salman has done minor roles in TV shows and led a gang of three persons who conned senior citizens into parting with their jewellery.
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According to the police, Jafari used to pose as a policeman at traffic junctions in different cities and targeted the elderly wearing jewellery.
The police said he used to caution the victims by telling them fake stories of theft attempts on senior citizens and would offer to safely place their jewellery in the bag. While putting the jewellery in the bag, he would switch it with the fake jewellery. Some of the victims realised that they have been robbed only after opening the bag much later.
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Recently, a 65-year-old woman in Dehradun, who lost jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh, registered a police complaint. Based on the investigation, the Dehradun police tracked Jafari to Mumbai and sought help from the Mumbai police.
The Mumbai crime branch nabbed him handed him over to the Dehradun police.
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