Domestic airport police has arrested a person who allegedly posed as a businessman and swindled people. The accused, a repeat offender who is out on bail for the same offence, used to trap people on the pretext of getting them to invest in business.
Manish Nagara, the accused, was arrested on Friday and has been sent to police custody till Tuesday. According to the police sources, Nagara has cases registered against him in Sahar and Navghar police stations too.
Nagara was first arrested on October 30 by domestic airport police and he got bail on November 4. The police said he has confessed to cheating another person in the same manner immediately after being released on bail. Suspecting he might be wanted in a few other cases, officials are checking the criminal database.
According to officials, Nagara used to search the Internet for people in the logistics business and get in touch with them. He would later meet them at the domestic or international airport to discuss ‘business’ and tell them he had lost his money. He would borrow money from the victims and promise to repay them, but would go incommunicado after getting the money.
Nagara’s first arrest came about following a complaint from Pradeep Shinde, who runs a logistics business. Mr Shinde said Nagara, posing as a senior officer in the aerospace department of a leading American MNC, telephoned him and said he had projects in Silvassa, Goa, Mumbai and other places. He said his company wanted Mr Shinde as a business partner and told him to meet him at the domestic airport on March 24.
Nagara met Mr Shinde outside the terminal and told him he had lost his wallet, credit cards and cash in flight and the airline he had traveled in had promised to search his belongings. Later, after discussing about the business, Nagara told Mr Shinde that he wanted to go Silvassa but was penniless. So, Mr Shinde gave him total '40,500. Nagara promised to return his money as soon as possible. However, every time Mr Shinde called Nagara, he found his phone switched off. He realised he had been cheated.
When Mr Shinde approached the police, they called the Delhi-based company Nagara said he was working for. However, the company informed them that many people call in search of Nagara but no such person worked here. Police alerted their sources after this and arrested Nagara on October 30 from a guesthouse based in Sion east. He secured bail on November 4, after which he was rearrested on December 18.
