Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR Aug 7: Police today arrested a couple for impersonating Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and duping people on pretext of providing jobs.
Police said that they had duped many persons of lakhs of rupees by promising jobs, transfers and other favours.
They have been identified as Manmohan Ganjoo son of late Girdhari Lal Ganjoo of Baghat, Srinagar and his wife Ayoush Koul Ganjoo.
Manmohan Ganjoo is a suspended police personnel. “Laptops, mobiles containing many fake transfer and appointment orders including his own order of induction into IPS seized. Fraudulently possessed cash, jewellery and other incriminating articles also recovered from his house,” police said.
A case (FIR no 73/2023 u/s 170,419,420,467,468,471 of IPC) has been registered in Sadder Police Station.
“3 victims have come forward so far and reported fraud by this couple. Public is requested not to fall prey to such fraudsters. Victims should report, if they have been duped by this ‘conman-couple’,” police said.
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