Pune: Criminal plays cop for 3 years, lands in net

Asseem Shaikh / TNN / Updated: Oct 18, 2020, 06:54 IST

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The crime branch of the city police on Saturday arrested a criminal for posing as a police constable from 2017.

Pune: Criminal plays cop for 3 years, lands in net

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PUNE: The crime branch of the city police on Saturday arrested a criminal for posing as a police constable from 2017.
The suspect, Imtiyaz Idris Memon (41) from Hadapsar, has five cases, including rioting and body offences, registered against him.
“We were tipped off that Memon was impersonating a policeman,” DCP (crime) Bachchan Singh told TOI.
“Memon forged an ID card, with a signature of an IPS officer who was posted as DCP (headquarters),” senior inspector Bhaskar Jadhav of crime branch (unit V) said.

“We found that Memon would flash the fake ID card for smooth passage at toll booths. During a recent brawl, he threatened a person with the ID card. That person tipped off the police,” a policeman said.
DCP Singh has appealed to anyone with a complaint against Memon to contact the police. A case has been registered under sections 465 (forgery) and 171 (impersonation) of the Indian Penal Code.

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Asseem Shaikh

Asseem Shaikh is a special correspondent at The Times of India, Pune. He holds a PG degree in Journalism and Communication and Human Rights, and has been a journalist for about 20 years now. He covers the crime and legal beats with special focus on ‘syndicated’ crime, cyber crime, terrorism, custodial deaths, fake encounters and human rights violations. Has made good use of the Right to Information Act for journalistic purposes. He loves to travel.

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