MUMBAI: The Agripada police on Saturday arrested two brothers for allegedly
cheating
a Mumbai businessman by promising to sell him a phone online. One of the accused, Sabir Shaikh, claimed that he was an army officer. Sabir and his brother Shakir are originally from
Rajasthan .
A police officer said that the duo was lodged in a jail in Nagaland for another crime. "On learning that they were lodged there, our team went there and took their custody," said the officer. The brothers, who were produced at the Esplanade court on Sunday, have been sent to police custody. They have been booked for cheating under the IPC and also under the Information Technology Act.
The police said that the complainant, Nisar Khan, had received a call from the Nagaland police inquiring about his deal with the brothers. This is when Khan realised that he had been cheated and approached the Agripada police to lodge a cheating complaint.
Sabir claimed he was army officer Vikram Waghmare. He agreed to sell his phone through the portal for Rs 42,000 and later, the rate was fixed at Rs 40,000. Khan was told to transfer the money to a third person's bank account.
Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mum...
Read MoreMateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.
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