A 33-year-old man who posed himself as a Delhi police official was apprehended by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police. The accused identified as Ayub Khan was earlier arrested in a cheating case of Daryaganj area.
On May 26, an owner of a hair dressing saloon at Greater Kailash reported that person had visited his saloon and introduced himself as Sahil Choudhary, a Delhi Police officer. During his visit at the saloon he pretended to talk to someone for delivery of high-end mobile phones and lED television at low prices.
He told the saloon owner that due to his contacts he can procure the phones and other electronic items at low prices. The owner requested him to provide him a high-end mobile phone at low price.
"He took the mobile number of the saloon owner and assured that he would provide him the phone shortly. later he asked him to meet near the gate of the Tilak Nagar police station and took Rs19,000 from the saloon owner and asked him to wait for the delivery of the mobile phone. He did not return and fled from there," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand. A case of cheating was later registered at Hari Nagar police station.
During investigation it was revealed that an incident with a similar modus operandi took on June 1 as well in the area of police station Kamla Market.A team was formed and acting on a tip off, he was apprehended from Nehru Place area.