Bengaluru, March 19, 2016: The Bengaluru Police today arrested 6 members of a notorious Irani gang, accused of robbing jewellery from elderly women, by posing as cops. The cops are still on the lookout for four others who are absconding.
According to the police, disguised as cops, Yasir Ali and Tekki Ali from Thane and Hasheem Dhara Jaffrey Irani, S K Hassan, Sajjath and Sadique Ali from Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh, would approach elderly women and take their jewellery, on the pretext of keeping them safe. The gang would leave Bengaluru soon thereafter.
More than a dozen cases have been registered against the group in Bengaluru.
Following a probe, which began six months ago, police managed to nab the accused involved in the robbery. While six of them have been arrested, police are still on the lookout for the remaining four.