A 22-year-old son of an ITBP personnel was arrested from Punjab for allegedly posing as a Sub-Inspector and cheating several people by promising them government jobs, police said on Sunday.
Robin Khan, hailing from UP's Prabudh Nagar, was apprehended from Jalandar recently following investigations into a complaint filed by hotel owner Jai Bharat who claimed that he was cheated by his friend who promised a job for his brother in Railways and withdrew money from his account by stealingn his ATM card.
"Khan had collected several lakhs of rupees from people. He would promise them of a job in government sector and charge Rs 1.5-2 lakh. He would pose as a Sub Inspector of Delhi Police," Devesh Chandra Srivastava, Additional Commissioner of Police (Central), said.
The youth is familiar with police working as his father is working in ITBP as an Assistant Sub Inspector.
Khan himself had appeared in the examination for recruitment in Delhi Police but failed. Later, he allegedly got a uniform from the local market near Police Training School in Wazirabad and subsequently contacted his friends and relatives and convinced them that he had joined Delhi Police.
"In order to win their trust, he used to meet them in police uniform," Srivastava said.
Bharat informed police that Khan was his friend during school days in Udhampur of Jammu and Kashmir and had accidentally met him at Karol Bagh and told him he had joined Delhi Police.
He allegedly told Bharat that he can get a job for his brother in Railways and took Rs 2.14 lakh.
Srivastava said, "He had a luxurious lifestyle and in order to live lavishly, he started cheating innocent persons on the pretext of providing them government jobs.
A CCTV footage of the hotel in which Khan had met Bharat from where he was arrested confirmed the movement of the accused in the police uniform."
On June four, Khan allegedly came to Bharat's hotel and left the next day early in the morning.
On the same day, Bharat got an SMS alert regarding withdrawal of Rs 40,000 cash from his account on the previous night.
On checking with the bank, it was found that Khan had allegedly withdrawn the cash from an ATM.
"It was found that Khan stole the ATM Card from the purse of the complainant and got his PIN number from his mobile phone.
Another Rs 74,000 was also withdrawn later. Following this, a complaint was lodged," Srivastava said.