Two held for cheating jewellers in Maharashtra, Gujarat

On Wednesday the crime branch unit I of MBVV police arrested two accused who have allegedly cheated more than dozens of jewellers in Maharashtra and Gujarat by speaking to them in a womanrsquos voice in order to trick themThe accused has been identified as Manish Ambekar 43 and Anwar Ali Kadir Shaikh 26According to police sources the duo cheated Ram jewellers in Bhayander East a couple of days ago The jeweler received a call on his mobile phone from a woman who claimed to be the wife of a doctor working at a private hospital and expressed that she wanted to buy two banglesThe woman told the owner of Ram Jewellers Chetan Rajkumar Jain 30 that he could send his employee to the hospital to take her measurement and also mentioned that since she has rupees four lakhs in Rs 2000 denomination notes she would need rupees two lakhs in Rs 500 denomination in change to pay him advanceJain told the police that he then sent his employee with the cash and a design catalog to the hospital As soon as the employee reached the hospital stairs a man intercepted him saying that the doctorrsquos wife sent him to receive him He then asked for the change and as he was given the bag of cash he then told the employee to go upstairs to take the measurement while he counted the cash on the machine and also asked him to return with the lump sum amount and the measurements and he would join after the call said an officerAlso Read Mumbai Two killed one injured after bike hits divider in BandraAs the employee went to the first floor and asked for the doctorrsquos cabin he was informed that there was no such doctor working there The employee then ran down to find the man who had received him but could not find him The employee then informed Jain about the incidentA cheating case was registered under section 420 of the IPCNavghar police along with the crime branch began the investigation and finally the crime branch trace the accused Senior Inspector Aviraj Kurade Crime branch unit I and his team traced the accused and caught them from Nalassopara and Karjat the officer addedDuring the interrogation it has been revealed the duos are habitual criminals and had more than 28 similar cases against them across the city and another district of the state In the month of January they got out on bail after which they committed 19 more cases including the Navghar case said Kurade