Bihar: Fraudster serving as police SI arrested in Khagaria

PATNA: A 23-year-old man masquerading as a trainee sub-inspector (SI) of police worked at Mansi police station in Khagaria district for over two months, performed duty at banks and other institutions and even accompanied some senior officers during investigation into the crime cases. The accused, Vikram Kumar, claimed that he had been recruited in 2019.
Following complaint by an RTI activist, Manoj Mishra, with relevant evidence to substantiate his claim that Vikram had never been inducted into the state police force, SP Amitesh Kumar asked SDPO (Sadar) Sumit Kumar to inquire into the allegations. Vikram, who belongs to Lakhanpur under Bhagwanpur police station area in Begusarai district, was arrested on Monday after the SDPO’s report confirmed that he was faking an SI.
Vikram claimed to have first joined as trainee sub-inspector at the office of the DIG, Begusarai after his recruitment in the state police force in 2019.
The sergeant major of Khagaria police lines, Hemant Kumar, said it was sheer negligence on the part of Mansi SHO Deepak Kumar, who allowed Vikram to join at the police station without verification. “The SHO should have verified it from the police lines. The police personnel transferred are first supposed to report to the police lines,” he revealed.
He expressed surprise over the common rule not followed by the SHO in this particular case. “It’s quite strange. How can this happen?” the sergeant major asked.
The SP said a show-cause notice has been issued to Mansi police station SHO for negligence.