Muscat: Oman’s Consulate in Mumbai said is following up with the concerned authorities on the incident where members of an Omani family were subjected to robbery by impersonators of police officers in civilian clothes.
The incident took place in the Colaba near their residence
The consulate called on citizens in the city of Mumbai to be careful, not to carry large amounts of cash or valuable possessions, and to be careful not to go out in the late hours of the night.
The Consulate renewed its call on citizens not to hesitate to call when needed for assistance on the following numbers:
The Colaba police have registered a case against four fake police personnel who allegedly extorted foreign currency from an Omani family by threatening to arrest them in a drug trafficking case.
Police officials said the fake policemen searched the woman’s bag first and then took away the foreign currency.
The complainant, Oman national Abdulla Ahmed Alblushi, 41, arrived in India on August 10 along with his wife and elderly parents and stayed at Gulf Hotel in Colaba, the local media in India reported.
Al Balushi had come to India for his parents’ treatment. “Since medical treatment is cost-effective and speedy in India, we came here,” said Al Balushi, who works as a firefighter in Oman.
His brother and nephew had also come to India on August 7 for medical treatment and they too stayed at Gulf Hotel.
According to the police, on Friday night around 10.30 pm, Balushi along with his wife, brother, and nephew had come out of the hotel for a night walk and to buy some medicines from a nearby store.
