The HAL police on Monday (November 24) arrested a 24-year-old fitness center coach together with 5 of his associates for allegedly robbing two girls techies by posing as policemen whereas the ladies had been having a late evening celebration at their home final week.
The police tracked down the accused and arrested Mohammed Najash, a fitness center coach, and his associates KT Vinu, 23, M. Sarun, 38, Diwakar, 34, Madhu Kumar, 32, and Kiran, 29.
In line with the police, the sufferer, a local of West Bengal who was working as software program engineer, met the prime accused Najash at a cafeteria a couple of days in the past and the duo turned buddies.
On November 6, the sufferer invited Najash to her celebration, which he attended with Vinu. Upon noticing her lavish life, he chalked up a plan to rob her. He then known as up Sarun and requested him to rope in few others to execute the plan the identical evening.
After some time, the accused knocked on the door saying they had been Swiggy supply boys. They then barged into the home posing as policemen and proceeded to conduct checks and threatened to e book the victims in a medicine case. The victims pleaded innocence, however the accused demanded ₹5 lakh to drop the costs. The victims expressed that they didn’t have any cash, following which the accused took their cell phones and requested them to rearrange the cash. They mentioned they might come again the subsequent day after which left the spot.
Shocked, the victims narrated the ordeal to their buddies and primarily based on their recommendation, approached the police. The police checked the decision document particulars of Najash and the CCTV footage earlier than zeroing in on the accused. They registered a case of theft. The accused have been arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
Printed – November 25, 2025 12:30 am IST