A 38-year-old man, who went around introducing himself as a manager of the multinational business enterprise, Lulu Group, was nabbed by the Medical College police from a five-star hotel in Juhu, Mumbai.
According to Sheen Tharayil, Circle Inspector, Medical College, Shiyaz Hamza, 38, of Mathilakom, Thrissur, was arrested from the hotel, where too he had introduced himself as a manager of the Lulu Group. The Medical College police had been on his trail since last month after the group’s Thiruvananthapuram manager Joy Shadanan lodged a complaint, stating that Shiyaz, after introducing himself as the manager of the Lulu International Group, had tried to purchase car accessories worth Rs.1 lakh from a prominent motor accessories shop at Kesavadasapuram in the city.
However, the shop owner got suspicious and prevented the sale from going through, following which Shiyaz fled the spot.
It was found out that he had also stayed in a five-star hotel near Model School Junction here as well under the same fictitious identity. However, he had paid the bill there. On his arrest, Shiyaz reportedly told the police that he had donated money to a prominent temple in the city, but after introducing himself as the son of the group’s managing director M.A. Yusuff Ali.
City Police Commissioner K. Shefeen Ahamed had entrusted a team led by Jawahar Janardh, Assistant Commissioner (Shangumugham) and comprising Mr. Tharayil, Medical College sub-inspector S. Bijoy and others to nab Shiyaz.
The police said that so far, the only charge against Shiyaz was impersonation, since his attempts at duping people of money had not gone through. He was produced before court and remanded in judicial custody.
