Woman mistaken for fugitive gangster’s wife meets police chief

On Monday night, the woman, along with her husband and their 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter had entered the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to board their flight to Dubai. Instead, they were taken aside and questioned first by the Mumbai police and then by the Mangalore police who had issued a lookout circular (LOC) on her name.

“The family requested that we talk to the airlines company so that they could get tickets for another trip to Dubai. We told them that we would see what we could do,” said a source. When contacted, Maria declined to comment.The woman’s husband also could not be reached.

The Mangalore police had issued a lookout circular (LOC) in 2012, after the fugitive gangster’s wife was suspected to be involved in an extortion case registered with the North Canara police station in Mangalore, and that name matched with the Borivali resident’s name.

gautam.mengle@expressindia.com