Mangaluru: The Mangaluru Central Crime Branch Police arrested three individuals for allegedly plotting to rob rich people, traders and businessmen in Mukkancheri area of Ullal.

The arrested accused have been identified as Sameer Ali alias Kadpara Sameer (33) of Mukkancheri, Mansoor alias Boliyat Mansoor (30) of Boliyar and Naushad (30) of Konaje.

The CCB confiscated a knife, mobile phones, and a jeep all worth rs 25.90 lakh from the possession of the accused.

A case has been lodged against the accused at the Ullal Police Station.

Sameer Ali is involved in a total of seven cases, including attempted murder, life threats at Ullal Police Station, the Ilyas murder case at Mangaluru South Police Station, a shootout case at Falnir shop, and life threats at Konaje Police Station.

Similarly, accused Mansoor has been involved in a previous robbery and assault case at Konaje Police Station, a shootout case at Falnir registered at Mangaluru South Police Station, and a drug trafficking case registered at Cyber, Economic and Narcotics Police Station. While, Naushad was previously accused in a robbery case at Konaje Police Station.

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Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.

Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.

Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.

“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.

One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.

Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.

Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.

“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.