India, Aug. 23 -- Ahmedabad police have busted a gang run by a Syrian national on Saturday, which extorted money from mosques while posing as victims from the Gaza Strip.

As per reports, Ahmedabad crime branch arrested the key accused - Ali Meghat Al-Azhar, a Syrian national, who is in India on a tourist visa on Saturday.

"A member of a Syrian gang was detained for raising money from mosques in the name of Gaza victims," reads the statement issued by the crime branch.

As per the investigation by the Ahmedabad crime branch, Ali Meghat Alzahar, along with three others, would claim they were raising funds for victims in Gaza at mosques across the Gujarat city.

The gang, while posing as victims affected by the Gaza conflict, asked for don...