Staff Reporter
Guwahati: A 26-year-old man, Fayajul Hazarika, alias Denish, was arrested by a team from Jalukbari Outpost on Sunday, for impersonating a CBI officer. Hazarika, a resident of Sipajhar in Darang district, used a police uniform, fake ID cards, badges, and toy pistols to extort money from innocent people by promising those jobs.
A search of his rented room in Six Mile revealed a pair of police uniform, 2 toy pistols and I card of CBI, badges, etc. and he was found to have collected money from several individuals. Hazarika has been identified as a habitual offender who has been operating in the city for the past seven months, using various fake identities. He had recently rented a room in Six Mile, where he posed as an Assam Police personnel.
The police have registered a criminal case (Jalukbari PS C No 402/24) under relevant sections and have also apprehended an accomplice, Gautam Saikia alias Ayan, who allowed Hazarika to use his vehicle (Alto, AS 01 RC 3150). The vehicle has been seized and legal action has been initiated.
Earlier, a law graduate who runs a pizza joint in Patharkandi was arrested by Karimganj police in charge of impersonating as a CBI officer and demanding bribes from traders. His partner in crime was also detained. The imposters were identified as Rashid Ahmed and Dilowar Hussain.
Karimganj police got information from local traders that they were being threatened by a person claiming himself as CBI officer and demanding bribe. He even threatened to seal the concerned shops and would send the erring traders to jail.
Police used mobile tracking technology to trace the culprits. As it turned out the call was made from the mobile phone of Dilowar. Police nabbed him from Ratabari.
On the basis of interrogation, police later arrested Rashid. Police secured enough evidence to confirm that Rashid, who did his graduation in Law from Bangalore, was the one impersonating as a CBI officer demanding money from traders. However why he got into extortion was yet to be ascertained. Police was reportedly carrying out investigation to find out the number of traders Rashid had duped so far.
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