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Legal Affairs Secy complains: Someone impersonating me

Police chief Amulya Patnaik has asked the inter-state cell of the crime branch to figure out who made the call.

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Patnaik has forwarded the complaint to DCP (Crime) Rajesh Deo and asked him to put his team on the job.

The Legal Affairs Secretary has submitted a complaint to the Delhi Police Commissioner to probe if someone from his office in Shastri Bhawan made calls to a Delhi-based businessman and impersonated him. Police chief Amulya Patnaik has asked the inter-state cell of the crime branch to figure out who made the call.

Police said the matter came to light when the official’s personal secretary received a call last month on his landline number. The caller requested to speak to the Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs. “Asked why he was calling, the caller claimed he had spoken to the official several times over the last three weeks,” an officer said.

Sources said the caller then informed the official that he had received calls from the landline in his office, and that the caller had impersonated the Legal Affairs Secretary and discussed matters related to the man’s business. “The caller even shared five landline numbers from which he had received the calls, and also provided the timing of each call. The Legal Affairs Secretary then approached the top cop and filed a complaint on July 25,” police sources added.

Patnaik has forwarded the complaint to DCP (Crime) Rajesh Deo and asked him to put his team on the job. “The investigation team approached the Legal Affairs Secretary staff and also met him on Monday afternoon. The team also approached the caller and asked him to appear at their Chanakyapuri office. The team is also scanning call detail records,” an officer said.

In 2016, the Delhi Police Special Cell had arrested seven men for allegedly trying to extort money from businessmen after pretending to be Enforcement Directorate officers. The gang sent fake summons, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, to the businessmen and tried to extort money by threatening to book them on charges of money laundering.

Mahender Singh Manral

Mahender Singh Manral is an Assistant Editor with the national bureau of The Indian Express. He is known for his impactful and breaking stories. He covers the Ministry of Home Affairs, Investigative Agencies, National Investigative Agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Agencies, Paramilitary Forces, and internal security. Prior to this, Manral had extensively reported on city-based crime stories along with that he also covered the anti-corruption branch of the Delhi government for a decade. He is known for his knack for News and a detailed understanding of stories. He also worked with Mail Today as a senior correspondent for eleven months. He has also worked with The Pioneer for two years where he was exclusively covering crime beat. During his initial days of the career he also worked with The Statesman newspaper in the national capital, where he was entrusted with beats like crime, education, and the Delhi Jal Board. A graduate in Mass Communication, Manral is always in search of stories that impact lives. ... Read More

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