Raipur police on Sunday registered an FIR against an imposter who posing himself as a CBI officer had tried to blackmail Minister Kawasi Lakhma.
Additional Superintendent of Police Prafull Thakur informed media persons that the Minister had received phone call from a person posing himself as a CBI officer blackmailed Lakhma citing that he was having some secret documents against him in form of complaint by former MLA Manish Kunjam.
Personal Security Officer (PSO) of the minister, None Singh Bagri had lodged a complaint regarding this and a police team had been formed to go into the details.
He (imposter) demanded Rs 2 Lakh for winding up the matter, the PSO had said in the complaint lodged with Civil Lines police.
According to PSO, the imposter who claimed that he was one Ankush Sharma an official of CBI after calling on personal mobile number of the minister also send some documents in his (PSO’s) mobile through a social media platform as a proof, police said.