Man poses as railways AGM, rapes girl; held

  • | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

Rudrapur: Pantnagar police have arrested a man on Wednesday afternoon for posing as an IAS officer and raping a girl. It is alleged that the fake IAS officer, Mohammad Arif, a resident of Rajasthan’s Dausa district, also duped the victim of Rs 18 lakh. The accused impersonated as an assistant general manager (AGM) in Indian Railways and lured the victim with a job offer.The accused was arrested from Rudrapur railway station when he was trying to flee.Station house officer (SHO) Pantnagar, Sanjay Pathak, said that police received a complaint on Tuesday from a girl in Pantnagar. Before she could realize that she was being duped, Arif visited her in Rudrapur and raped her in a hotel room promising to marry her, she said.SHO Pathak said that the accused has been arrested under sections 376 ( rape ) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code and has been sent to Haldwani jail. The complainant told police that she came in touch with Arif one-and-a-half-years ago, when she was in Dausa at her sister’s place.Arif told the victim that he was AGM in railways and could provide her a job in the department and had also asked for Rs 18 lakh which she gave him.She then returned to Pantnagar and remained in touch with Arif but was never given the job.

Rudrapur: Pantnagar police have arrested a man on Wednesday afternoon for posing as an IAS officer and raping a girl. It is alleged that the fake IAS officer, Mohammad Arif, a resident of Rajasthan’s Dausa district, also duped the victim of Rs 18 lakh. The accused impersonated as an assistant general manager (AGM) in Indian Railways and lured the victim with a job offer.The accused was arrested from Rudrapur railway station when he was trying to flee.Station house officer (SHO) Pantnagar, Sanjay Pathak, said that police received a complaint on Tuesday from a girl in Pantnagar. The complainant told police that she came in touch with Arif one-and-a-half-years ago, when she was in Dausa at her sister’s place.Arif told the victim that he was AGM in railways and could provide her a job in the department and had also asked for Rs 18 lakh which she gave him.She then returned to Pantnagar and remained in touch with Arif but was never given the job. Before she could realize that she was being duped, Arif visited her in Rudrapur and raped her in a hotel room promising to marry her, she said.SHO Pathak said that the accused has been arrested under sections 376 ( rape ) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code and has been sent to Haldwani jail.

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