The police here arrested two youths on Sunday at Panikoili under the Panikoili police station of Jajpur district who had deceived many by posing themselves as police officers.
Both the arrested were identified as Somyaranjan Patnaik (21) of Angul and Parthasarathi Dalei (28) of Bhadrak . Somyaranjan posed himself as the Inspector- In Charge (IIC) of Panikoili police station and Parthasarathi as the Sub- Inspector of the Panikoili police station. They purchased clothes of around Rs 15,000
from Hinguli Fancy Store at Panikoili Chhack and told the shop owner to collect the money from the police station.
The cloth merchant suspected them after giving them clothes and contacted the police station of Panikoili for which police rushed to the spot and arrested them, said the IIC of Panikoili police station Sarat Patra.