India, Dec. 2 -- The L T Marg police have registered an FIR against two men, including one who allegedly claimed to be an officer in the Maharashtra chief minister's office (CMO), for cheating a Zaveri Bazaar jeweller of nearly Rs.2.80 crore through a series of elaborate cons involving claims of seized Customs gold, high-level political access and fake official credentials.

One of the accused is Birju Salla, who made national headlines in 2017 for leaving a fake hijack note on a Jet Airways flight. Salla became the first person to be convicted under the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, and was sentenced to life by a special NIA court in Gujarat. The Gujarat High Court overturned the conviction in August 2023, setting him free, a police officer ...