History-sheeter who conned over 100 people by posing as cop arrested at plush residential society in Pune’s Kondhwa

”The Kharghar resident had gone to make some purchases in the market. He was stopped by the accused on the road. The accused showed him his identity card. The accused told the resident that the police had arrested one person after confiscating ganja from his residence. The accused told the resident to put his gold chain and gold rings in a bag and then disappeared with the bag,” the police said in a press release.

The police then inspected CCTV footage of two-wheelers coming and going on the road from Lonavala and Pimpri-Chinchwad.”We found that he was moving around on a two-wheeler MG 15 BA 1617. After obtaining details of the accused, the police went to his Kondhwa residence. They found that Irani’s wife was heading to the market to sell gold ornaments worth Rs 1.25 crore,” the press release added.

The Kondhwa police arrested Irani on October 28. A local court sent him to police custody till November 6 after he was taken to Navi Mumbai from Pune.
Mansingh Patil, Inspector of Kalepadal police station, said, “We had helped the Navi Mumbai police in nabbing the accused. The accused stayed at a relative’s place in Kondhwa.”