UP police arrest fake cop for illegal extortion

The police laid a cordon on this information and nabbed this accused in a police uniform. Yadav was caught red-handed as per police information while he was trying to dupe a vehicle owner. He was found standing next to a WagonR car pretending to be a policeman asking for a fine from the vehicle owner.
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Incriminating items recovered from accused pretending to be policeman. (Image Courtesy: Firozabad Police)

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Many forged documents recovered from the accused.
  • Accused used to wear police uniform and stop vehicles and charge them.
Firozabad: Police station Tundla police team arrested an accused wearing the uniform of a police inspector while making illegal recovery and extorting people and vehicle owners, the law enforcement agency informed on Twitter.
A fake Aadhar card, a fake ID card of a police Inspector, a photo in a police uniform and other items were recovered from the possession of the accused.
The accused is identified as Mukesh Yadav. He used to threaten people to seize their vehicles if they did not give him money as he demanded while pretending to be a police officer.
The police received information about someone taking money as fines from vehicles while checking them at the bypass while wearing a police uniform. The police laid a cordon on this information and nabbed this accused in a police uniform.
Yadav was caught red-handed as per police information while he was trying to dupe a vehicle owner. He was found standing next to a WagonR car pretending to be a policeman asking for a fine from the vehicle owner.
The police recovered two aadhar cards, two pan cards, identity cards, a driving license, three ATM cards, a metro card, a vehicle registration card, an identity card as a policeman, Rs 2,200 cash, a passport-size photo, and a wallet from the accused. Most of these items were reported to be forged.
The accused allegedly used to stop vehicles and would threaten to seize them if the owners refused to heed his demand of paying money.
The police have registered a case against the accused and are conducting an investigation.
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