In an operation at the international airport on Wednesday, a team from the MIDC police station busted a gang of conmen who used an innovative modus operandi, involving an Indian taxi driver in Dubai, to rob passengers returning from there. Nasiruddin Jahiruddin Khan (32), Wasimuddin Jahiruddin Khan (42) and Ramsahi Sukar Yadav (28) were arrested in this connection after their latest victim lodged a complaint with the police.
According to police, the three-member gang would get details including name and flight number of the passenger who happened to take their Dubai accomplice's taxi to the airport to board a flight to Mumbai. Using these details, the trio would post as government officials - mostly Customs or police - and accost the passenger as he emerged from Mumbai airport.
City-based businessman Mubin Shaikh (35), told police that the trio addressed him by name and mentioned his travel details before accusing him of being a smuggler. "They wanted to check his bag, but Shaikh insisted on opening it at the police station. The accused asked him to accompany them in their car, but stopped at a secluded spot after a ten-minute drive and robbed him of valuables including a gold bracelet, a necklace, cash and wallet," said an officer involved in the investigation.
Mohan Waghmare, PI (Crime), MIDC police station, said, "Shaikh told us that he had not shared his personal and flight details with anyone in Dubai, but later remembered giving them to the Indian taxi driver who dropped him to the airport. It was then that we realised it was a international racket with a taximan in Dubai involved as well, who sent the details gleaned from the passenger to his cohorts in Mumbai before the flight reached."
Further investigation revealed that a similar case had been registered against the same suspects in 2009, which enabled police to access photographs taken at the time. The accused have been out on bail ever since. On Wednesday, the trio was spotted loitering outside the international airport by Sahar police, nabbed and handed over to MIDC police station. The suspects have been remanded in police custody till February 28.
According to police, the three-member gang would get details including name and flight number of the passenger who happened to take their Dubai accomplice's taxi to the airport to board a flight to Mumbai. Using these details, the trio would post as government officials - mostly Customs or police - and accost the passenger as he emerged from Mumbai airport.
City-based businessman Mubin Shaikh (35), told police that the trio addressed him by name and mentioned his travel details before accusing him of being a smuggler. "They wanted to check his bag, but Shaikh insisted on opening it at the police station. The accused asked him to accompany them in their car, but stopped at a secluded spot after a ten-minute drive and robbed him of valuables including a gold bracelet, a necklace, cash and wallet," said an officer involved in the investigation.
Mohan Waghmare, PI (Crime), MIDC police station, said, "Shaikh told us that he had not shared his personal and flight details with anyone in Dubai, but later remembered giving them to the Indian taxi driver who dropped him to the airport. It was then that we realised it was a international racket with a taximan in Dubai involved as well, who sent the details gleaned from the passenger to his cohorts in Mumbai before the flight reached."
Further investigation revealed that a similar case had been registered against the same suspects in 2009, which enabled police to access photographs taken at the time. The accused have been out on bail ever since. On Wednesday, the trio was spotted loitering outside the international airport by Sahar police, nabbed and handed over to MIDC police station. The suspects have been remanded in police custody till February 28.
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