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New Delhi, June 19 A 46-year-old Iranian national was arrested by the Delhi Police for robbing a man in the national capital after impersonating as an intelligence official, it was revealed on Sunday.The accused, identified as Hossein Rezafard Ahmad, came to India on a medical visa in May this year.Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Esha Pandey said a complainant named Mohd Bakry visited Lajpat Nagar police station on June 14 and alleged that at around 4.40 p.m. on that day, he along with his wife was returning from SCI Hospital, GK-1.All of a sudden, three people came in a car and stopped them. Thereafter, they introduced themselves as officials from an intelligence agency and started searching their hand bag on the pretext that he might be carrying drugs."When the complainant looked into his hand bag, he found that the cash currency including Rs 50,000, $6,500 and some Sudanese pound were missing," the DCP said.Accordingly, the police registered an FIR under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code at the Lajpat Nagar police station and initiated the probe.A police team was constituted which analysed the CCTV footage of the cameras installed near the place of incidence and identified a suspected car.The said car was found registered in the name of Lucky Queen Tourism, Village Mahipalpur, Delhi.The team approached the owner of the firm who stated that he had sold the car around three months back to one Nawab.On reaching his last address, it was found that Nawab had already left Gurugram. The police team then took the mobile number of Nawab from the owner of the firm and put it on surveillance."On the basis of the electronic surveillance, one more mobile number was zeroed as it was in constant touch with the accused Nawab. Further, it was put on surveillance and the team found its location and the accused Hossein Rezafard Ahmad was arrested. On sustained interrogation, Ahmad disclosed that he is from Tehran and came to India on a medical visa on May 21. He got attracted towards the crime after becoming friends with his associates."The trio used to target vulnerable foreign nationals who come to Delhi on medical visas. They track the movements of persons who visit hospitals and then follow them for committing the crime," Pandey said.With his arrest, around $2,000, 4,000 Sudanese pounds, 28,000 Iranian riyal, 200 Saudi riyal, Rs 5,000 and one car used in commission of offence have been recovered.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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