A 44-year-old man, who holds a doctorate in Computer Science, has been arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly duping gullible people after posing as an IPS officer.
The impostor, identified as Satheesh Nair, was arrested on Tuesday by the Special Cell of Delhi Police from Karol Bagh in Central Delhi while he was going to a hotel in a car bearing a Rajasthan registration number.
"A uniform having the badges/rank of IPS was found in his car which was recovered along with cap, belt, shoes and a wireless set. Some passport size photographs in uniform was found in his purse and a laptop were recovered. Photographs of some other police officers were found stored in his mobile phone," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav.
Accordingly, a case has been registered at Special Cell Police Station and investigation has been taken up. Efforts are being made to identify other victims of the impostor.
The impostor came under police scanner after one Kultar Singh who runs a mobile phone shop in Gaffar Market of Karol Bagh, Delhi made a complaint to police stating that a person in the name one 'Satheesh Nair' who had introduced himself as an IPS officer of Jaipur, Rajasthan, had come to his shop in January and had purchased two mobile phones in exchange of two old phones by paying money.
During interaction, Nair had shown his ID card to this complainant to convince him that he was an IPS officer presently posted in Jaipur, Rajasthan and was expecting his next posting in Delhi, police said.
In their next meeting, Nair induced the complainant in parting with two more mobile phones and Rs 1 lakh in cash on the pretext that his ATM card was somehow not working.
"Subsequently, when this impostor visited Delhi again, the complainant met him at a hotel where the impostor was found wearing a police uniform who, as stated, was about to go for an important meeting at Delhi Police HQ regarding his posting in Delhi," said Yadav.
The unsuspecting complainant maintained telephonic communication with the impostor but during the course of time, he started getting suspicious of his true identity of the impostor. By the time his reality had dawned upon the complainant, he had already been cheated to the tune of Rs 1,65,000 by the impostor. He then approached police and registered a complaint.
