Police Use South Indian Actress photo to find Gangster

Patna, December 23: He was smart, but she was smarter.A woman police officer in Bihar helped nab a notorious gangster, Mohammad Hasnain, by posing as his "girlfriend".

The incident took place in Darbhanga district, some 150 km north of Patna, on Wednesday evening.

Police said an expensive mobile phone belonging to a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Sanjay Kumar Mahato, was stolen by Hasnain following which a formal complaint was registered with the Darbhanga police.

A complaint was registered and the case was handed to a senior police officer Madhubala Devi, the assistant sub-inspector of police.

A close scrutiny of the call detail records (CDR) of the stolen phone led to the conclusion that Hasnain was still using the mobile handset.

The police on several occasions tried to nab the dreaded gangster but he always managed to escape. It was then when things were about to change.

Eventually, the officer began posing as his "girlfriend" by calling him at regular intervals.Initially, Hasnain showed no interest but finally fell into the trap.

Subsequently, he asked the caller to send him her photograph.

The officer responded by first replacing her mobile phone's profile picture with that of South Indian superheroine Nayanthara and sending the same to the criminal.

He appeared mad with joy after seeing the photograph and agreed to meet me at a place in Darbhanga town. Finally when he reached the designated place, we arrested him with the help of other policemen in civilian clothes, Devi told to media.