The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started a probe after the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) filed a complaint alleging that a person was impersonating as a senior official of the PMO posted in National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), an agency official said on Friday.
After the arrest of conman Kiran Patel, who impersonated as a senior official of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Police said that strict action would be taken against the officials responsible for the lapse.
Detailing the incident, the police said, "A complainant reported at Cyber Police Station South regarding an online fraud of Rs. 6,38,700 through unknown persons who impersonated themselves as Japanese delegates."
The man who was identified as Mahamed Sharif (41), hailing from Karnataka's Dakshin Kannada, presented a fake business card and stayed at the hotel for nearly three months last year, according to the police.
An absconding Iran national who impersonated a police officer to cheat people was arrested in Greater Kailash area of the national capital, according to the police on Saturday.
The accused created fake website of Patanjali Yoggram and received calls from patients and family members and impersonated themselves as Ayurvedic doctors for getting money online for registration and booking.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 14 (ANI): CID of Assam police on Tuesday arrested a person who impersonated himself as a Crime Branch Inspector and has been extorting money from suspects/accused of various cases under the pretext of exonerating them by influencing senior officers of the depar
Satara (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): Acting on a specific tip-off from the Military Intelligence unit of the Army's Southern Command, the crime branch unit of Satara Police arrested a man who impersonated an "Army Jawan" and duped many aspirants for lakhs of rupees on the pretext of
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet in connection with the shootout in Rohini court shootout this September and stated that the criminals were given a month's training to impersonate as professional advocates.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 12 (ANI): Mumbai Police has arrested two people in connection with a probe into a call made to the Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office in which the caller allegedly impersonated the voice of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar to recommend
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 3 (ANI): The office of Debanjan Deb, the man behind the Kolkata alleged vaccination scam who impersonated as an IAS officer, was raided on Saturday by the Detective Department of the Special Investigation Team (SIT).