In Ghaziabad, a fake IPS officer, who threatened the DCP office to solve the case registered against his partner, was arrested and sent to jail. He had threatened in a call to the PRO at the DCP’s office that if they did not withdraw the case registered against his friend, he would file a case of kidnapping for ransom against the Indirapuram police, following which a case was registered against him in Sahibabad. . police station.
Police said Anil Katiyal (68), who claimed to be a retired IPS officer of the 1979 batch of Manipur cadres, and his associate Vinod Kapoor (69) were arrested from Delhi and Gurugram. Police said Katiyal hid his true identity for financial gain and unfair advantage. Both the accused were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Jasvir Singh Yadav on Thursday, from where both were sent to jail.
DCP PRO was threatened over the phone
The fake IPS officer had threatened DCP Trans Hindon’s public relations officer (PRO) Neeraj Rathod, who had lodged an FIR against Katiyal at Sahibabad police station. In his FIR, PRO Rathod said that the accused called him on November 14 on his official mobile number and identified himself as Anil Katiyal, a retired IPS officer of 1979 batch of Manipur cadre and currently with the Ministry of Home Affairs. (MHA). as a consultant.
The fake IPS allegedly told Rathod that the Indirapuram police had lodged a fake FIR against a person named Vinod Kapoor and arrested him in Haryana on October 1.
Threatened to take action against Indirapuram police
DCP Trans Hindon Nimish Patil said that during the phone call, Katiyal threatened PRO Rathod and said that he would lodge an FIR against the Indirapuram police under Section 140 (1) of BNS (murder or kidnapping for ransom). After which the police officers involved will spend their lives behind bars.
His colleague had also threatened the sub-inspector.
He said Katiyal allegedly pressured Rathod to drop the action against Kapoor. In this case, the police have registered an FIR against Katiyal and Kapoor under sections 308 (extortion), 221 (obstruction of public servant in discharge of public functions), 204 (insulting public servant) and 318 (fraud). of Indian law. Penal Code. It’s from. DCP said Kapoor, accused in the Indirapuram police case. He had also issued a similar threat to Sub-Inspector Pramod Hooda, the investigating officer of Indirapuram police station.
