The woman would approach businessmen onthe pretext of mortgaging her jewellery. She would then pose and emergency and abscond with both the borrowed money and the jewellery. She would then call the lender on the pretext of returning the money and get him clicked in compromising positions with her and blackmail.
In a major theft heist, a woman and two men were caught red-handed by the Kolkata Police for looting a businessman. On further investigation, it was found that they had executed many such plans and had a developed a Modus Operandi. In fact, it is not the theft that interested the police much, but the modus operandi which held their attention.
It all started with the woman in the gang approaching a businessman on the pretext of mortgaging her jewellery. In exchange, she would ask for the mortgage amount. After a few days, she would come back demanding the jewellery on an emergency basis for a house function. She would also promise the businessman that she would return the borrowed money as soon as possible. In most of the cases, the businessmen obliged in good faith, blissfully unaware of the trap they was walking into.
The woman then becomes untraceable with the money and the jewellery until she finally gives a call to the lender informing that the money is arranged, but she is unable to deliver the money because of illeness. She would then instruct her lenders to to come and collect the money themselves. In this particular case, she requests the businessman to come to a flat in Central Kolkata, claiming to be with her relatives for treatment.
The gentleman reaches the flat and within minutes of conversation, two people enter the premises and start assaulting him. His mobile phone was snatched, so was his watch and the rings on his fingers. The torment didn't end there. He was made to strip and a few snaps of him in a compromising position with the lady were forcefully clicked. He was then blackmailed with the photographs, asking him not to open his mouth. The trio threaten him of leaking the photographs on the Internet if he dared to intimate the police.
However, that did not deter the businessman from informing the Boubazar police. Sketches of the culprits were made, criminal intelligence was pressed into action and a hunt began. The trio-Md Imran, Md Imranullah and Baisakhi Gayen-were soon arrested and on further investigation, it was found that the Gayen was the mastermind of the heist. Police was also able to retrieve the money from them.
