The Dullahpur police in Ghazipur district on Saturday arrested an imposter, Sanjay Kumar, who posed as a police sub-inspector to extort Rs 10,000 from a person for not booking him in a rape case.
Producing the arrested imposter before reporters, Superintendent of Police of Ghazipur, Omvir Singh, said that apart from a police uniform with insignia, fake identity card of police in the name of Rishabh Kumar Singh and a country-made revolver were recovered from Sanjay Kumar.
On getting a complaint that a person was active as a fake police officer, cops had launched a manhunt to nab him. On Friday evening, Dullahpur SO Pravin Yadav received information that people in Dhamupur had caught a suspicious person when he raided the place.
During initial investigation by Dullahpur cops, it came to light that the man in uniform of the police sub-inspector caught by villagers, was posing as an investigation officer. He had targeted Ravindra Yadav of Dhamupur village by claiming that a woman had filed a complaint of rape against him. The imposter was demanding Rs 10,000 from Ravindra to let him off.
Dullahpur cops took him in custody for interrogation. During investigation it came to light that Sanjay Kumar of Dhariya village under Mardah police station of Ghazipur district had four criminal cases lodged against him and he was also sent to jail in the past.