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They were produced earlier the section tribunal and remanded successful constabulary custody for 3 days.
Three men were arrested successful the Birbhum territory connected Wednesday for allegedly impersonating officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). They were produced earlier the section tribunal and remanded successful constabulary custody for 3 days.
The arrested accused were traveling successful a conveyance bearing a authorities insignia and a bluish beacon airy erstwhile they were intercepted during a regular naka cheque astatine Surichua. The occupants of the conveyance allegedly introduced themselves arsenic MHA officials. However, erstwhile asked to contiguous their authoritative individuality cards, they allegedly failed to supply the indispensable documentation, constabulary said.
Those arrested person been identified arsenic — Aniket Dey (26), Ashok Agarwal (52), and Debashish Ganguly (36) — each residents of Kolkata, who were traveling successful a conveyance erstwhile they were stopped astatine a constabulary checkpoint, the constabulary said, adding that they person been charged for “making and usage of forged documents” for the “purpose of cheating and defrauding the public”.
“They were arrested by the Rampurhat constabulary connected the evening of January 15 for impersonating officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The suspects were traveling successful a achromatic TATA Safari car which bore the authoritative Government of India insignia and a bluish beacon light,” said a constabulary officer. The accused failed to supply immoderate morganatic documents regarding the bluish beacon airy and authorities insignia allegedly displayed connected their vehicle.
In addition, they presented respective “forged documents” — a forged individuality paper successful the sanction of Ganguly listing him arsenic an adjunct conception serviceman with the MHA, a fake sticker displaying the insignia of the Ministry of DoNER, Government of India, and visiting cards successful the names of Dey and Agarwal, some “claiming mendacious positions wrong the MHA.”
“It has been learnt that the mastermind…namely Aniket Dey, really hailing from Assam, who completed graduation from a reputed assemblage nether Delhi University and seemingly has an MPhil grade from JNU, was arrested earlier successful 2020 by the Delhi Police for impersonating a ‘youth advisor’ to the National Security Council astatine the Prime Minister’s Office. Before that, helium was nabbed by Bengaluru constabulary for a akin offence successful the aforesaid year,” SP Birbhum Amandeep told Express.
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