TV actor dupes old woman by posing as cop, gets arrested by Dehradun police

A team of Dehradun police is bringing te accused to the city on transit remand from Mumbai and would reach on Wednesday.

Dehradun police arrested a television actor from his residence in Mumbai on Tuesday for allegedly duping a Dehradun-based 65-year-old woman of her jewellery by posing as a cop, said police.

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A team of Dehradun police is bringing him to the city on transit remand from Mumbai and would reach on Wednesday.

Pradeep Rana, station house officer of Patel Nagar police station, where a case was registered against the actor for fraud, said, “The actor was booked on December 4 on the basis of a complaint lodged by the elderly woman.”

“As per the complaint, the woman was on her way to her house from the market on foot when the actor approached her in a police uniform. He told her to hand over her jewellery citing her security on the street. Believing him, she did the same. The actor wrapped her jewellery in a newspaper,” said Rana.

“However, he handed another newspaper packet to the elderly lady and duped her of her jewellery. Later when she reached home, she found her jewellery was missing,” said Rana.

Superintendent of police, Dehradun (city) Shweta Chaubey, while confirming the actor’s arrest said, “Police while probing the aforementioned case, tracked the accused in Mumbai through electronic surveillance.”

“A team then went there and nabbed him after informing the Mumbai police as per procedural norms. After getting a transit remand of two days from the local court, our team is bringing him to Dehradun for further probe,” said Chaubey.

The police officers said that the accused committed similar crimes in Chandigarh and other cities in north India as well. He used to travel by air while committing the crime.