Delhi: Man arrested for posing as senior Tamil Nadu police officer

Delhi | Saturday | 1st June, 2019

Summary:

Delhi police on Friday arrested one person for posing as a senior IPS officer from Tamil Nadu. The 53-year-old, identified as Rajiv Gupta, was arrested from Sita Ram Bazar area here after Hauz Qazi police station received information about a man moving about suspiciously in the area. Gupta was found to be posing as an Inspector General of Police (IG) of Tamil Nadu cadre. On conducting a search police found he was carrying a fake identity card which mentioned him to be an officer from the 1989 IPS batch and currently posted as IGP. A case under section 170 IPC has been registered and an investigation is underway..