Mumbai Crime News: Ex-Army Impersonator Arrested By Cuffe Parade Police For Stealing 29 Mobile Phones From Colaba Military Station

Mumbai: The Cuffe Parade police have arrested a man for allegedly stealing mobile phones from the Colaba Military Station. The accused claimed to be an ex-Army man but did not provide satisfactory answers. He was arrested in Tamil Nadu on July 19.

About The Case

According to the police, when a Garrison Battalion was resting at the military station from June 21 at 9 pm to June 22 at 2.30 am, the suspect entered an open barrack and allegedly stole several phones. The complainant in the matter is Mohammad Bashir Nisar, 45, a Subedar with the RT Garrison Battalion.

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The Cuffe Parade police have registered an FIR under Section 305(A) (theft in a dwelling house, means of transportation, or place of worship, etc.) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. During the investigation, CCTV footage of the scene was examined, but it did not yield any useful information. Details of the stolen phones were uploaded to the CEIR (Central Equipment Identity Register) portal for tracing.

The portal revealed that a SIM card with the number 7085903963 had been inserted into one of the stolen phones. The SIM was registered in the name of B Alpha Tuipang, located in Sai district, Mizoram, and an SDR (software defined radio) was received through the CEIR. However, the mobile phone’s location showed up in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The crime detection team left for the location. With the help of E-Singanallur police station, Coimbatore City, Tamil Nadu, an inquiry was conducted at Passion Paradise Lodge at the traced location.

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The lodge manager informed the team that a person named B Alpha had stayed there a few days earlier. During interrogation, he confessed to the crime. He also claimed he was working with an Indian Army regiment. On July 18, the Cuffe Parade police issued a notice under Section 35(3) (the power of police officers to arrest without a warrant in certain situations) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, directing him to appear.

On July 19, he came and produced 20 out of the total 29 stolen mobile phones. A detailed report was submitted to two magistrates, and the phones were seized. When questioned about the remaining phones and whether he had any accomplices, he did not give a satisfactory answer. He was then arrested and produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Fort Court, which remanded him in police custody until July 21.