A cheat nabbed in Delhi was brought to the city proved misleading as no crimes committed by him or his accomplices have been found in the city. The Delhi police team returned with the nabbed accused. According to the police, the accused brought by Delhi police failed to fetch any details claimed by the accused in the interrogation after he was nabbed by Delhi police.
The accused was nabbed after a complaint was lodged with Kotwali police in Delhi regarding fraud of gold worth `24 lakhs from an employee of speed spot company and based on the complaint the accused was trapped by Delhi police and when the accused confirmed that he and his accomplices are from Bhopal. Bhopal police were informed and the accused was brought to the city but nothing was found as the locals failed to identify the accused and claimed that he is not from the area. Police have recovered a car from his possession which got its registration from Bhopal RTO.
The accused is identified as Mehendi Hasan Irani who claimed that he used to commit crimes with his Bhopal based partner Abu Haider alias Shakur who lives in Karond. later he confessed that around half a dozen accomplices also live in Aman Colonu at Nishatpura. The accused teamed to commit fraud and targeted jewelry shops posing as income tax officials, passengers at Airports posing as customs official and government offices posing as CBI officials.