Hotel manager lodge cop complaint after getting duped by fake cop and informer

A resort supervisor from Mira Road has lodged a grievance with the police proclaiming that a phony law enforcement officer and a fake law enforcement informer had duped him by inducing him to pay out revenue in order to assist a raid.

According to the law enforcement, the complainant functions as a supervisor of a lodge situated at Kashimira. In Oct previous yr, the sufferer had received a phone phone at the lodge from a person who claimed to be officer Sawant from Kashimira law enforcement station.

As for every the sufferer, the man or woman who claimed to be the policeman, gave a food stuff buy to the victim. Right after the get obtained concluded, the victim named up Sawant and educated him that his get was ready.

Sawant then informed him that he would be sending two persons and requested the sufferer to hand around the food items parcel to them. The victim then afterwards handed over the food stuff parcel to two individuals, who had frequented the lodge to collect the exact.

“15 minutes later, the sufferer again acquired a mobile phone get in touch with from Sawant, who knowledgeable him that he was carrying out a raid at Bandra-Kurla Intricate and had seized a enormous amount of gold and cash. Sawant informed the sufferer to give Rs 15000 to his informant who would be viewing the resort, as Sawant was in require of hard cash for the raid intent,” mentioned a police officer.

He extra, “Sawant instructed the victim that right after the completion of the raid, he would meet the sufferer outside Kashimira law enforcement station and would return the money. Sawant also instructed the target that he would give much more money and gold to the victim as a gesture of supporting him urgently. Following some time a particular person who identified himself as Mushtaq frequented the hotel and the sufferer gave him the funds.”

Considering that then, the sufferer experienced been calling Sawant for dollars, who stored supplying excuses to the target, law enforcement reported. “In get to recuperate his cash, when the sufferer not too long ago visited Kashimira police station he learnt that there was no policeman by the name Sawant performing there. Acquiring realised that he experienced been duped, he lodged a police criticism,” the officer said.

Printed on: Saturday, April 16, 2022, 07:39 PM IST