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A lawsuit of mistaken individuality linked to the caller ₹7.11-crore ATM currency van heist has taken a disturbing crook aft a younker attempted to extremity his beingness aft his photograph was mistakenly shown by media outlets arsenic 1 of the arrested accused.
The constabulary said that among the 9 radical arrested truthful acold is Xavier alias M. Prajan, 36, a erstwhile worker of CMS Info Systems. He was 1 of the archetypal to beryllium picked up during the investigation.
However, different antheral named Xavier, aged astir 25, attempted to extremity beingness aft tv channels flashed his photograph alternatively of the accused’s.
The mix-up came to airy erstwhile the young man’s household approached a constabulary presumption successful the East Division, informing officers that their lad had been wrongly identified arsenic 1 of the heist suspects. The constabulary instantly intervened and ensured helium received aesculapian attention.
City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh urged media organisations to verify details thoroughly earlier publishing photographs of accused persons. He said the section would besides analyse whether the arrested Xavier had submitted the different man’s photograph during his recruitment, which whitethorn person contributed to the confusion.
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