A BANGLADESHI expatriate allegedly used somebody else’s CPR without their permission to rent equipment from a well-known building and contracting agency and then did not return the items or pay for them.
The 43-year-old, who lives in Muharraq, was arrested following a complaint from the agency and from the true holder of the identification card.
He is standing trial at the High Criminal Court where he is facing charges relating to fraud and identity theft.
According to court documents, the incident occurred on January 11, when the accused went to the agency and approached a 58-year-old Indian worker and said that he wanted to rent equipment for around 10 days.
The employee, carrying out normal procedure, asked to see the man’s CPR, and the accused allegedly showed him the false one. After finishing the necessary procedures, the accused received the supplies and walked out.
When the time the rental agreement had concluded, a company representative tried calling him on the contact number provided. The man who picked up the call was a completely different individual.
The original owner of the CPR turned out to be another Bangladeshi national, a 40-year-old deliveryman from Sanabis who worked with a chicken broasted restaurant and had a similar name to the accused. He had lost his CPR more than two years earlier and applied and received a replacement, the court heard.
The company worker and the deliveryman filed complaints against the accused at their respective nearby police stations.
An investigation was launched and an arrest followed. Security footage allegedly showed the accused interacting with the worker at the agency and showing him the victim’s CPR.
During interviews, the accused admitted to renting the equipment under the name of the deliveryman, charges he denied in court.
He is accused of intentionally using the victim’s CPR, stealing his identity, and renting the equipment under false pretenses.
After being questioned by the judges, he told a translator that he admitted to using the victim’s CPR but only because, he claimed, the deliveryman had asked him to.
The case has been adjourned until tomorrow for further deliberation.
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