On 19 March 1987, a group posing as Central Bureau of Investigation officers executed a fake raid on the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons Jewellers in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), Maharashtra, India.
The raid was led by an unknown man who had assembled the group by inviting the candidates for fake recruitment interview.
[1][2][3] On 19 March, they arrived at the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons Jewellers around 2:15 pm.
Singh and the fake contingent of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers did not allow any phone calls and took samples of ornaments for assessment of the quality of the gold.
[1][2][3] Police investigation revealed that Singh booked room number 415 at the Taj on 17 March and he put an advertisement in the newspaper.
[1][2][4] A year before, in October 1986, a similar advertisement was published in The Times of India and about 150 candidates had appeared at the hotel Taj for interview.