Six people booked for stopping cops from arresting kin

Six members of a family, including four women, were today booked by the Thane police for preventing a police team from arresting a person wanted in a case of cheating.

Police said that an offence had been registered by NM Joshi Marg police in Mumbai against some people for cheating a woman in a bank.

CCTV footage showed that an accused, Javed Sakar, was hiding in Ambivli in Kalyan, police said, following which a police team from Mumbai moved to nab him.

Officials said that six members of a family prevented the police for entering the house long enough to allow Sakar to esacpe.
 

An official said that a search was on for Sakar.