10-05-2025
Man arrested for impersonating police officer in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: In yet another case, city police arrested a man for posing as a cop. The man, who is actually a security guard, was roaming around the city wearing the uniform of a Punjab police head constable.
Police recovered a
fake police identification card
, a bike, and a police uniform from his arrested accused has been identified as Kulwinder Singh alias Jot, 31, of Khudai Chak village at Hambran Road, Sidhwan Bet. Police are sceptical about his claim that he wore the police uniform because he was fascinated by it. Inspector Amritpal Sharma, SHO, division number 8 police station, said that the police arrested the accused from Jandu Chowk.
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He was roaming around the area riding a bike when stopped for checking.
The accused introduced himself as a policeman and produced a police identity card. When asked about the posting, he failed to give a satisfactory reply. On being questioned harshly, Kulwinder confessed that he was a security inspector added that during questioning, the accused revealed that he got a fake ID card using which he got the uniform of a head constable. The accused claimed that he did it for fun; however, the police suspect that he had some malicious intention behind the procuration of a fake ID card and uniform. Police are questioning him to ascertain where he procured the identity card official said that the accused was produced in court on Saturday and remanded in two-day police custody. An FIR under sections 204 (impersonating a public servant), 319(2) (cheating by personation), 338 (forging valuable securities, wills, and other important documents), 336(3) (forgery), and 340 (2) (fraudulently or dishonestly using as genuine any document or electronic record) of BNS has been lodged against April 26, a security guard/driver with a private firm, who posted a video wearing the uniform of a DSP on his social media profile, was arrested. A complete DSP uniform set, including badges, belt, and shoes, was seized from his possession. MSID:: 121058824 413 |
