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Man posing as Army officer held at Surathkal

Man posing as Army officer held at Surathkal


Mangalore Today News Network

army officer26...Surathkal,  Nov 26, 2019:   A person who was moving about posing as an Indian Army junior commissioned officer was arrested at Surathkal.  A team led by Mangaluru North subdivision ACP squad, Military Intelligence unit number 4 Detachment Southern Command Liaison unit, Intelligence team led by intelligence officer Major Swathi Srivalli Dharwadkar arrested the imposter.

 

According to city Commissioner of Police Dr P S Harsha, the arrested is Manjunath Reddy, who had duped people of lakhs of rupees.  The imposter had claimed to have served in the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment Centre in Belagavi as a civilian employee, where he had purchased the Army uniform. He had posed as a junior commissioned officer and organised events like felicitation of retired Army personnel to gain trust of the people. He had promised people jobs in the Army and collected money.

The Police and Intelligence suspect Reddy was a member of a recruitment racket run by fraudulent agents / imposters to make money. There may be people from the Army too, especially the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment Centre, Belagavi, itself, or any Maratha Regimental Army unit, guiding the imposter to carry out such acts.

The investigation is in progress. The police have booked cases under IPC Sections 171, 419 and 420 against Reddy. They have seized the Army uniform, a fake Army identity card, fake Army dependent card and fake Army rubber stamps from the arrested.

Further, the commissioner said that no Army selection is done by paying money to agents. The only way to join the Army is by registering online on Army website: www.joinindianArmy.gov.in


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