To make quick money, disguised as a traffic policeman, a 21-year-old man was found to be prosecuting general public in the area of Old Delhi on Saturday.
“Standing at the traffic red light near the Old Delhi Railway station for nearly a week, an alert ASI spotted Vicky dressed as a policeman and talking to a man. Suspicious about his body language, the ASI Rajeev Chaudhary checked him and found out that Vicky, a native of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh had been making money by cheating the common man. This, the accused, a Class XII dropout and unemployed confessed that he used this method to earn money since the common man generally lives in fear of the police in Delhi,” said a senior police officer.
Delhi Police arrested a man who impersonated as a Traffic police personnel and issued challans to the commuters. Police said that the incident came to light on Saturday when an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) posted at the Old Delhi Railway station exit gate saw a man dressed as a traffic policemen asking for challan from a commuter in North Delhi’s Kotwali area.
“The ASI went up to the man and asked him to show his Identity card. The man took out the ID card as well as a PIS (Police Identity Series) number. On inspection, both these documents were found to be fabricated. The man, identified as Vicky Bharat was apprehended and handed over to the local police,” said Jatin Narwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North).
During questioning, Vicky confessed that he bought the uniform of the police from a shop in Kingsway Camp.
Police said that the man has been arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code at the Kotwali police station.