2 members of wanted Irani gang held

Two members of the wanted Irani gang who posed as police and CBI officials in order to rob and dupe people have been arrested by the Delhi Police.

They would stop vehicles and pose as officials and then ask them to get their belongings checked on suspicion. Later they would flee with the bag.

The accused men also have a case registered against them in Mumbai under MCOCA.

"The accused have been identified as Hasan Aziz Sayyad and Amjad Sameer. Sayyad had been involved in six cases of cheating registered at Mumbai while he was a minor. The gang is known by the same of 'Naasir Irani gang' and their leader Naasir was residing in the Capital on a fake identity. He was arrested by the west district earlier," said Deputy Commissioner of Police, North, Jatin Narwal.

He added that Sayyad is wanted in the MCOCA case whereas Sameer was out on bail in a MCOCA case registered at Thane, Mumbai. Ten cases of snatching in the area have been solved with their arrest.

The accused men would pose themselves as Crime Branch and CBI officials and dress up in Safari suits in order to behave like undercover cops. The gang operated with at least four persons at a time.