The police have caught a person who was pressurizing the officials by calling himself a cabinet minister of Madhya Pradesh. The accused has been identified as Ankit Singh Parihar and was arrested from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh.

The phone was calling for two days, I used to tell the Energy Minister

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said that the accused was calling his official number for the last two days. During the call, he used to call himself Madhya Pradesh Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar. The objective of the accused was to remove the officer investigating a case registered at the Sahasan police station.

Fake trocolor used to cheat with profiles

Police investigation revealed that the accused had formed a fake profile on the troukler in the name of the minister. With this, the call receiver was seen by the minister’s name on the screen. But the location was found in Uttar Pradesh after tracing the call, which deepened the suspicion.

Police arrested by tracking location

With the help of digital evidence and surveillance, the police identified the location of the accused in the Kaliwah temple area. After this, he was arrested and arrested. A mobile phone was recovered from the accused, from which he used to call. Copies of Aadhaar card and many other documents have been found in the phone investigation, which point to his involvement in cyber fraud.

Criminal record has been there before

Investigation revealed that Ankit has an old criminal record. In the year 2018-19, a case was registered against him at Maharajpur police station in Gwalior, in which he put his photo on Instagram with a sub-inspector’s nameplate wearing a police uniform. Apart from this, in 2016, a case was also registered under the arms law in Sahasu police station.