The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday issued an alert warning the public about fraudulent activities where individuals are impersonating TRAI officials to threaten the disconnection of mobile numbers.
One person, accused of impersonating as an IAS officer and duping a local resident of Budgam of over Rs 6 lakh, has been arrested, police said on Thursday.
The duo threatened him to hand over his laptop and were harassing him, as per police, adding they threatened to put him in jail and even shoot him if he did not follow their directions.
A man was apprehended on Saturday for allegedly impersonating a police officer and extorting at least Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 100,000 from a citizen, reported The Express Tribune.
The Odisha police arrested five men in a gang robbery and recovered Rs 1.2 Crore cash after they staged a raid impersonating as CBI staff in Odisha's capital city, said an official.
A case was registered on May 11, 2023, against the two accussed on the allegations that they have been impersonating as government officials of Canada, utilizing this facade to execute their fraudulent activities.
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.
The police have arrested a man who was impersonating a member of a secret agency from the Hayatabad township of the provincial capital here, Dawn reported.
Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a 33-year-old man for the alleged sexual assault of a college student in the Rohini area impersonating a police officer.
A quack treated an accident patient for five months in 2013, impersonating as a doctor who had died seven years ago. This fact came to the knowledge of a Delhi court while hearing a Motor Accident.