A conman who would cheat people by posing as a senior executive of a food delivery app on a search engine, literally walked into the police net after he landed in the city for New Year celebrations. Accused Mohammed Usman had cheated a Bhayandar-based businessman of over Rs 98,000 in a similar way after which the victim registered a complaint with the Malad police station. Recently, on checking his call date records, the cops traced Usman to Navi Mumbai and arrested him.

Officers attached to the Malad Cyber cell, API Vivek Tambe along with his staff HC Ashok Konde and PC Vikas Maske nabbed him from Airoli in Navi Mumbai last week. During interrogation Usman confessed to the crime and revealed that he, along with his associate Israil Ansari, committed similar crimes all over the country.