1 arrested for impersonating as Addl Secy

Our Correspondent

Garhshankar, November 4

The police have arrested a person for allegedly cheating people by impersonating as an IAS officer posted as Additional Secretary, Punjab. A special police party arrested the accused from a hotel in Solan (Himachal Pradesh) here on Wednesday.

Addressing mediapersons here, ASP Tushar Gupta and Mahilpur SHO Satinder Singh said Manveer Singh, a resident of Paddi Sura Singh, in his complaint to the police stated that the accused, identified as Hardeep Kumar, a resident of Binjon village, called him from various phone numbers and introduced himself as an IAS officer and sometimes as Additional Secretary (Punjab) demanding money. The police had registered a case against Hardeep Kumar on the statement of Manveer Singh on charges of cheating at the Mahilpur police station. Manveer had stated that he had applied for a gun licence some time ago. Then Hardeep Kumar started calling on his phone that he could get his licence issued for which he demanded Rs 10,000 from Manveer Singh. Hardeep Kumar would often call him using WhatsApp but he did not pick up the phone.He lodged a complaint with the Mahilpur police station. ASP Tushar Gupta said Hardeep Kumar used to live in a rented house in Mohali. He used to call officers by introducing himself as an Additional Secretary.