Mumbai Crime: 38-year-old man held for cheating and snatching mobile phones

TheMatunga cops have arrested a 38yearold delivery boy for snatching the mobile phones of women who were called by him to meet on the pretext of employing them with a spa or massage centreThe cops till now have recovered three mobile phones from him A 25yearold woman complained to the cops about the incident in June 2022 The police officials kept track of the accused and nabbed him on November 23The Nalasopara resident had seen one advertisement on a website while searching for a job While the advertisement mentioned a job opening for a massage therapist and a salary of Rs 25000 per month While the woman called on the number mentioned in the advertisement the person called her to meet him at Matunga East railway station on June 4 2022A person in his late 40s met the woman and had a basic chat with her After this the man told the woman that she will be taught how to massage and asked if she had time They will go and meet a trainer for a demoAlso read Serum Institute Whatsapp duping case Seven held main accused on the runWhile sitting on the mans bike he told the woman to keep her mobile phone in the side box When the bike reached Maheshwari garden the man handed over a Rs 100 note and asked the woman to bring a bottle of massage oil from a shop While she got down from the bike the man fled from the spot with her mobile phone The women rushed to Matunga police station and registered an offenceAn offence under IPC section 420 cheating and 406 criminal breach of trust was registered against the unknown person and an investigation was launchedldquoWe initially started with the technical analysis to track down the accused because he was trying to be clever and deleted his advertisements But we were keeping a close eye on the activity of such criminalsrdquo told Deepak Chavhan senior inspector of Matunga police station A team was formed to track down the accused under Police subinspector Prashant KambleDuring the investigation the team found a similar ad on the website and cops contacted the number posing as a needy unemployed personldquoHe started chatting with our man and we asked various queries to gain his trust Finally he believed that our man had been trapped and would be a big catch for him He called our man near Dadar railway station on November 23rdquo told PSI Prashant Kamble ldquoWhen he came and met our man we immediately nabbed him and brought him to the police stationrdquo he addedThe accused was identified as Allaudin Abdul Aziz Sheikh 38 resident of Chembur He confessed to cheating three persons till now by snatching an Iphone as well Sheikh was produced in court and has been sent into police custody till November 30 The investigation team was composed of Assistant Sub Inspector Jayendra Surve constable Vinayak Mundhe Kishore Deshmane Pravin Todane Hanuman Metkari and Yashwant Ghadge