Caught at last! After molesting 25 kids, one-eyed paedophile held

The accused Ayaz Mohammad Ali Ansari aka Firoze KaniyaAfter inspiring terror in the hearts of parents for nine months the notorious oneeyed serial child molester was finally nabbed by police officials last morning from the Golibar area in Khar East The arrest came after police teams stepped up the search to nab the paedophile The DN Nagar police finally nabbed the manAlso read 50 cops armed with 5 sketches hunt for serial child molester Caught on CCTV Oneeyed serial child molester targets 13yrold girl Child molester on the prowl in western suburbs Watch out for oneeyed child molester in western suburbsTill a week ago cops did not even know that the molester who already had 13 cases lodged against him was a 35yearold man named Ayaz Mohammad Ali Ansari alias Firoze KaniyaAnsari was arrested by the Malad police in a robbery case last year He spent six months in jail and was released in May He started attacking young girls in the suburbs Ansari is a habitual criminal and a drug addictHe was almost always under the influence of drugs and the children that he molested all complained of smelling it in his breath He targeted kids between 7 and 13 years of ageHe even has cases of thefts lodged against him Ansari was a resident of Avdin Society Ekta Nagar Juhu Gully and was notorious in the area He stayed with his sibling and his mother who eventually threw him outmidday carried a series of reports on the molesterrsquos crimes Please click the images above and below to read the full articlesA neighbour said ldquoAnsarirsquos family members always fought with him They changed house several times because of his criminal activities and drug addictionrdquo He was usually found under the influence of either ganja or charasOther addicts in his area would refer to him as Kaniya After his family kicked him out of their home he spent most of his time in the Nirmal Nagar area of Khar EastIn fact Ansari molested several girls in this area none of whom came forward to complain After word spread that eight children in the area had been molested the first FIR was registered against him on July 9A meeting was held between police officers and the mohalla committee and a sketch of Ansari also released But the cops did little to follow up on the matter The sketch was not published in newspapers or shown on televisionMeanwhile emboldened by police apathy Ansari started luring and attacking children with alarming frequency He even snatched mobile phones money cycles from his young victims and fled He would steal from them to buy drugsAccording to the police he even molested and robbed young girls on local trains At a press conference following the arrest Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria said while 13 FIRs were registered against him for molestation he had confessed to attacking 12 more girls ndash taking the count of victims to a shocking 25Modus operandi Ansari would accost young girls and tell them that he was a friend of their fatherrsquos and had a message for them He would then take the child to an isolated spot and molest her before fleeingThirteen such cases were registered against him in the suburbs the most recent attack taking place in Sion on April 9 Depending on the religion of his victim he would identify himself as Rakesh or Irfan and refer to their father as lsquopaparsquo or lsquoabbarsquo Maria said that several times members of the public had even caught him but unaware of his notoriety let him go after thrashing him or warning himCracking the caseWith pressure mounting on the police after middayrsquos successive reports on his crimes Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria took personal initiative and mobilised a citywide hunt for him All Crime Branch units and local police units were asked to work on the case Several informers and drug addicts were picked up and eye hospitals were checked to narrow down the searchIn their hunt the cops were armed with five different sketches of the man each drawn up from accounts given by his victims CCTV footage obtained of the man from Amboli also helped them get an idea about his hairstyle and gaitThe investigating officer in Malad police who had arrested him last year saw this CCTV footage and identified him as Ansari by his characteristic gaitThe officer informed the investigating team about Ansarirsquos whereabouts and his identification All Crime Branch units local police teams and other cells of Mumbai police reached his residence Two days ago they detained his mother and brotherAnsari got word of the detention and went into hiding but had to emerge at Nirmal Nagar for his daily drug fix The DN Nagar police also got information about his whereabouts from an informer and laid a trap for him at Golibar where he was picked up