AHMEDABAD: City police authorities have finally woken up to the menace posed by incidents ofcheating orchestrated by men posing as policemen.
Ahmedabad police commissioner asked city crime branch officials to form a separate cell to tackle the fake police menace. A separate telephone number too has been allotted to this cell. This number will act as a helpline for people who want to report an incident or even cross-check credentials of men posing as cops.
The team, said city police officials, will be headed by police inspector D D Damor. "All the incidents till now have occurred near banks and temples. The conmen posing as cops convince the victims to take off gold jewellery that they are wearing then. Then the conmen steal the valuables by sleight of hand. If such an encounter does take place then people should move to crowded places," said police officials who are part of this cell.
A notification issued by the police commissioner also warns that even if the fake cops show identity cards then too they should not take off their jewellery or adhere to what they say. "Policemen cannot ask anybody to take off jewellery without any reason," said police officials.
Usually, the gang has four members. "One who poses as a police inspector and then are those who pose as passersby. Often the conmen would first play out the process of taking off jewellery in fear of rising number robberies in front of the real victims. When the real targets are convinced, the scheme is played out again," said police officials.
City police officials have attributed these fake cop episodes to gangs from Bhiwandi, Pune and Jalgaon in Maharashtra. Bangalore's Irani gang too is suspected to have been involved in this spate of fake cop episodes.
Ahmedabad police commissioner asked city crime branch officials to form a separate cell to tackle the fake police menace. A separate telephone number too has been allotted to this cell. This number will act as a helpline for people who want to report an incident or even cross-check credentials of men posing as cops.
The team, said city police officials, will be headed by police inspector D D Damor. "All the incidents till now have occurred near banks and temples. The conmen posing as cops convince the victims to take off gold jewellery that they are wearing then. Then the conmen steal the valuables by sleight of hand. If such an encounter does take place then people should move to crowded places," said police officials who are part of this cell.
A notification issued by the police commissioner also warns that even if the fake cops show identity cards then too they should not take off their jewellery or adhere to what they say. "Policemen cannot ask anybody to take off jewellery without any reason," said police officials.
Usually, the gang has four members. "One who poses as a police inspector and then are those who pose as passersby. Often the conmen would first play out the process of taking off jewellery in fear of rising number robberies in front of the real victims. When the real targets are convinced, the scheme is played out again," said police officials.
City police officials have attributed these fake cop episodes to gangs from Bhiwandi, Pune and Jalgaon in Maharashtra. Bangalore's Irani gang too is suspected to have been involved in this spate of fake cop episodes.
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