The police in Manpada, in the outskirts of Mumbai, arrested a 33-year-old woman who robbed the wife of a police constable by posing as police herself.

Police said that the accused befriended the constable's wife on Facebook, the Mumbai Mirror reported.

Police further said that the accused, Bhakti Shinde, alias Sarika Shinde, used to frequently visit the constable's residence, and allegedly stole jewellery and cash of Vidisha Rajvardhan Wagh, the constable's wife. Vidisha Rajvardhan Wagh filed a complaint with the police after realising that she was robbed.

Shinde was arrested on Sunday.

"Shinde knew lot of high-profile people and even showed me photos of herself with them. She used to talk to a lot of leaders in Dombivali, so I thought she was a genuine policewoman. She told me she was a three-star officer and even showed me photos and an ID card," Wagh told the news daily.

"Shinde would visit Wagh's house, claiming she had been suspended due to personal problems. She gained Wagh's sympathy, and then stole valuables from her," Nasir Kulkarni, police inspector, Manpada police station, told media.

"On April 3 too, she visited my house. When I went down to buy groceries, she asked my daughter to go down and call me, and then stole jewellery and a mobile phone from my house," Wagh added.

"On Wagh's complaint, we arrested Shinde and found that she was posing as a police official, and had a duplicate ID card. She was also arrested in the past for cheating people on the same pretext. She was married thrice, each time after claiming to be a cop. Her third husband lodged a complaint against her for cheating at Koparkhairane police station," a police officer from Manpada police station told the Mumbai Mirror.

Wagh's husband is a constable at Ghatkopar police station.

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