Suspended guard held for duping people by posing as cop
BY Agencies26 Jun 2017 5:52 PM GMT
Agencies26 Jun 2017 5:52 PM GMT
The Ghaziabad Police have nabbed a home guard for allegedly robbing people by posing as a senior police officer and squeezing "bribes" out of their pockets.
The imposter was also found involved in several illegal activities in the area.
The accused, Pankaj Sharma, a resident of Pratap Vihar used to wear an attire of a sub-inspector to dupe people. He has been accused of citing traffic violations and other illegal collections.
The man was nabbed on Monday morning when he was going to supply 5 kilograms of Ganjha to a customer. The latter was driving a scooter with a monogram on police pasted in the front of the scooter.
"Acting on a tip-off, we deployed a police team near ABES College at NH-24, Ghaziabad. Pankaj was travelling on a white color Honda scooter carrying five kilograms of illegal Ganjha which he was supposed to supply to a customer. We have seized the vehicle and have registered a case against him in Vijay Nagar police station under sections 8/20 NDPS and 170 IPC," said Naresh Kumar Singh, station house officer, Vijay Nagar police station.
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