Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru 

Mangaluru, Aug 24: The city police commissioner, during a press meet called on Saturday, August 24, informed that a notorious conman from Kashmir was arrested in city with his driver, believed to be an accomplice. 

On August 17, two men were found moving in suspicious manner within the Barke police limits. They were traveling in car with a board which said that the car belonged to World Health Organisation (WHO). When enquired by police, it came to light that Basith Shah, aged 30 years, was posing himself as WHO director accompanied by his driver Baljinder Singh. Later after the investigations, the police learned that Basith was not director of WHO and he was cheating people by acting so.

Basith said that he was from Mumbai. But police came to know after investigations that he was Shaukat Ahmed Lone from Kashmir and he has been allegedly cheating people throughout the country since long. 

Barke Police have registered the case, produced the accused in court and took them into police custody. 

Shaukat also ran a matrimonial site and cheated and exploited many women from Goa, Mumbai, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Belgaum, Jharkhand and other places. 

Police commissioner said that they are trying to contact the victims and conducting detailed investigation. Some details cannot be revealed now and victims can contact the police, he said. 

It is said that Basith alias Shaukat was in city to meet a girl whom he met through the matrimonial site. 

Basith Shah alias Shaukat Ahmed was living a posh life mostly in hotels and always he travelled in a car with driver. Shaukat also claimed that he was a MBBS doctor. 

Baljinder has said that he has been working for Basith alias Shaukat since two years for salary of Rs 20,000 per month.