SOG arrests trio posing as ex-armymen

Vadodara: The special operations group (SOG) on Sunday arrested three men who posed as ex-army personnel and took up jobs in a city-based firm.
All the three accused — Prabhakar Shukla, 44, Ramkrushna Mishra, 50 and Rajjansinh Rajput — hail from Uttar Pradesh and had migrated to Gujarat in search of security personnel’s jobs.
The police said that they make more arrests in the case.
SOG sleuths said that they had received a tip-off that some persons working in a private security firm had made bogus identity cards. “The trio was looking for jobs when they learnt about the vacancies in a security firm in the city. They prepared bogus identity cards and posed as ex-army men,” said M R Solanki, SOG police inspector.
“We have called the security firm’s officials to get more details about this trio and also ascertain when they joined the firm,” Solanki told TOI.
The police said that the accused may have got the fake IDs prepared either in Rajasthan or in Delhi and are now grilling the accused for more information about the source.
“It is possible that more such men might be working in different firms by producing bogus ID cards and posing as ex-army men,” Solanki added.