Audi case impostor held for snatching chains in Mumbai
In a major development in the Audi hit-and-run case that left four dead, the alleged impersonator on the run, Syed Imtiyaz Qadri, was arrested by Mumbai police in connection with snatching and robbery cases on Wednesday.
A team of Ghaziabad crime branch was tracking Qadri but could not catch him.
Qadri had allegedly impersonated ‘Ishaq Ahmad’ and surrendered before a Ghaziabad court on January 31 and got bail. He had claimed that he was driving the Audi Q7 involved in the road accident at Hindon canal in Indirapuram on the intervening night of January 27 and 28.
An HT team had clicked photos of ‘Ishaq Ahmad’ when he appeared at Ghaziabad court on January 31. The HT team found that ‘Ishaq Ahmad’ was a different man and a truck driver. Ishaq Ahmad told HT that the man who appeared before the court was Syed Imtiyaz Qadri, his former co-tenant, who misused his driving licence.
“The man identified himself as Qadri and told us that he fled Bareilly after he read reports about the Audi incident. He has told us names of three people, who paid him ₹7,000 to appear before the court in order to get car insurance,” said Bharat Jadhav, inspector Palghar police station under Nalasopara.
“In Mumbai, Qadri was involved in many cases of chain snatching, and robbery and had become a big headache for police for the past two months,” he said.
The Audi Q7 is owned by neurosurgeon Dr Manish Rawat who allegedly fled after the accident and appeared one week later before Ghaziabad police. He told police that he was present inside the car but ‘Ishaq Ahmad’ was driving it.