The Bondamunda police in Sundargarh district arrested and court-forwarded two railway employees on Sunday on the charges of impersonating as CBI officers and demanding `1,200 from a person.
Sources said while one Saparna Kerketta was going from Bisra to Kalunga on his bike, two persons in civil dress intercepted him at the Smasanghat Square and asked him to pay `1200 as fine for not wearing a helmet.
When Saparna refused to give them `1200, the two started beating him. Hearing Saparna screaming, locals came near him and wanted to know the identification of two persons. They duo told them that they were CBI officials.
locals did not believe this and called police keeping them in detention.
The Bondamunda police took them to the police station. During interrogation, the police could know that they were officials of Bondamunda railway station.
They were identified as Sandeep Kumar, a RPF constable and Bijay Kumar, a Gangman. “Both Sandeep Kumar and Bijay Kumar of Bondamunda railway station have been arrested and forwarded to court,” said Bondamunda IIC PK Das.