Inspired By Akshay Kumar's 'Special 26', This Guy Robbed His Own Uncle Of Rs 1.6 Crore Posing As An IT Official

Cinema is the prime source of entertainment for masses. People often imitate their favourite stars¡¯ wardrobe, style statements and even try to follow their lifestyle.

Charkop police officials take the a gang in custody. Image:Mid-Day

Filmmakers or directors often use real life stories to form the plot for their films and seek inspiration in a way that it connects with their audience.But sometimes it may happen the other way around too; like this case that happened in Mumbai.

In a bizarre incident involving 8 members of a gang, a reel life heist was made into a real life crime. Jagdish Mewada, and his gang of seven, committed a daring day time robbery at his uncle Jayanthibhai Sarvaiya¡¯s home posing as fake IT officials. They got away with a bounty worth Rs 1.65 crore including jewellery and several valuables.

The gang was inspired by the movie 'Special 26'. Image: Viacom 18

Mewada, the mastermind behind this theft hatched his plan after watching the Bollywood movie ¡®Special 26¡¯; which was itself inspired by The Opera House Heist of 1987. According to the police the gang, which was made up of his 7 friends, was also trained by him.

After entering the house, posing as IT officials, and collecting the bounty the men asked Sarvaiya to accompany them to their office. But after halting on the Western Expressway on the pretext of taking a tea break they asked him to directly report at the headquarters and left. Sarvaiya grew suspicious and contacted Charkop police station where he lodged a complaint.

What led to Mewada¡¯s downfall were his constant calls to his Uncle, in which he kept demanding more money. He was promptly arrested and during the interrogation he finally confessed his crime and revealed the identity of his fellow mates.