The Ghaziabad Police claims to have busted a gang of frauds with the arrest of two persons. They used to mint money through impersonation as judge, senior administrative officer and journalist. The arrested criminals are real brothers, one posted in UP Police as constable in the same district, who have been found in collusion with his younger brother.
He revealed his identity as Satish Chandra, a resident of Vairena under Shikarpur Police station of Bulandshahr and presently residing in G-1 48B Mahendra Enclave, Ghaziabad. After his confession, the police arrested him and his accomplice constable Vivek Rana, who is his elder brother.
According to police, SHO of Vijay Nagar police station Hardayal Singh Yadav received two calls on December 1 last to send some money to a judicial officer at Meerut. Being suspicious, the police officer registered a criminal case. The case was handed over to the Crime Branch. During investigation, the Crime Branch put both the numbers on surveillance and tracked the location of the caller at Meerut Road from where the police arrested him.
During interrogation, he confessed his crime impersonating as Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ), Meerut and tried to fetch money from the SHO. He had been impersonating as administrative officer and as a journalist in the past. He also confessed that he had been arrested by Baghpat police in 2010 for the same crime while he impersonated him as a correspondent of leading English national daily and phoned UP Police ADG Brij lal to revert back the transfer of a police constable Ritesh from Sonbhadra to Baghpat, who was transferred on administrative grounds. After his confession, the police arrested him and his associate constable Vivek Rana, who is his elder brother.