Gulabchand Gupta (44),u00a0 has obviously not learnt a lesson.

In the last four years, the vegetable vendor has been arrested eight times for the same crime posing as a policeman organising a kabbadi tournament at the Police Gymkhana and asking unsuspecting victims to shell out funds.

And on Sunday Gupta was arrested for the ninth time after he attempted his same old trick.

Gupta's latest arrest came after he approached an Andheri-based company for donation ranging between Rs 2,000 and Rs 10,000 to conduct the tournament.

But after the company gave him the undisclosed amount, it decided to confirm his credentials.

"We realised that Gupta had eight cases filed against him. He has taken funds from more than 12 companies.
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We arrested him from his Kala Chowky home," said Senior Inspector Pradeep Suryavashi of MIDC police station.

He is currently in judicial custody and has been booked for cheating and impersonating a public servant under the IPC.

Earlier Cases

In February, Gupta was arrested by the Khar police for taking Rs 7,000 from an owner of engineering classesu00a0
In Aug 2005, the Worli police arrested him for the first time for seeking funds from the chief security officer of Zee Telefilms