The Delhi Police has arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly impersonating an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and using a forged cheque to purchase a mobile phone worth Rs 1.4 lakh in the National Capital.
The accused has been identified as Abhay Bahl, a resident of Noida. Police said that Bahl used to work in a private company and he recently lost his job during the Covid crisis.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, on Saturday, Bahl first called up an employee at the Samsung showroom in South Extension-2 and introduced himself as a senior official of the company.