Delhi Police has arrested Rohit Singh, Assistant Professor at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), who had impersonated the Lt. Governor, VK Saxena and made calls on his behalf in September, 2022. He was arrested on May 15, at the IGI Airport upon his arrival from UK.
Following preliminary questioning by Police, the accused has admitted that he called the Vice-Chancellor of IP University twice over the landline phone impersonating as the LG. In the first instance, he got his leave sanctioned and in the second instance on 30th September, 2022, he called the VC impersonating as LG to get his sister selected as Faculty in the English Department of the GGSIPU.
The Delhi Police had registered an FIR and begun investigations after a complaint in this matter, which relates to a call made to Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr. Mahesh Verma on 30.09.2022, by an unidentified person impersonating as the Lt. Governor, who asked for the appointment of a particular candidate in the English Department of the University, in a since cancelled Recruitment Exercise. He was produced before the court which granted his police custody. On expiry on his police custody, he was produced before the court, which remanded him into judicial custody. A Look Out Circular was pending against him.
The Lt. Governor had taken an extremely serious view in this matter of impersonation and emphasized that it has never been his style of functioning to make calls or entertain any request whatsoever, that involved out of turn favors, benefits or unethical practices. He has also cautioned all concerned to strictly check with his Secretariat in case of any such calls/messages received by them, from someone impersonating him or using his name.
To ascertain the veracity of the call, the Vice Chancellor had contacted the LG’s Secretariat, which denied having made any such call and asked for the matter to be reported to Police immediately. Accordingly, an FIR under Section 419 (IPC) for impersonation was registered at PS Dwarka, North on 02.10.2022.
