Conman Posing As Top PMO Official Accorded Z-Plus Security In J&K; Arrested After Suspicion | India News

Srinagar: A Gujarat man posing as Additional Director (Strategy and Campaigns) within the Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police on March 3. Kiran Patel, a resident of Gujarat, was picked up by J&Ok Police from a 5-star lodge in Srinagar the place he was staying as a prime official. According to courtroom paperwork, he was on his third go to to the Kashmir valley and was subsequently nabbed by alert safety officers. Sources mentioned that “Police received suspicious about him and began gathering details about the accused who turned out to be an imposter posing as Additional Director ‘Strategy and Campaign’ within the workplace of PMO in Delhi. 

Sources mentioned that the con man had solid paperwork to deceive folks within the safety who supplied him high-security cowl throughout his keep in Valley, the imposter was given a thick safety cowl and accompanied him to the well-known vacationer vacation spot Dudparhri the place a prime state official obtained and accompanied him.

The police division, after receiving particular details about an individual recognized as Kiran Patel, son of Jagdish Patel, recognized as Additional Director (Strategy and Operations) PMO, New Delhi, swiftly Acted and arrested the particular person in Srinagar.

Police have registered an FIR towards the accused and have been arrested. Sources mentioned that preliminary investigation reveals that he has managed to dupe gullible folks for financial and different advantages.

Accordingly, an FIR No. 19 of 2023 was registered by Srinagar Police at Nishat Police Station, which learn, “A dependable info obtained by Police Station Nishat on 02-03-2023 revealed {that a} fraudster Kiran Patel is a resident of Gujarat. He was concerned in actions primarily based on prison intent throughout the jurisdiction of this Police Station and different elements of Kashmir Valley and by using a excessive diploma of forgery means.

 “The said person has cheated gullible persons by cheating, and forgery and will fully carry out activities in pursuance of a well-conceived scheme to gain monetary as well as material benefits .” 

As per FIR the fraudster has been booked underneath Section 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC at Nishat police station and additional investigation is on.

Sources mentioned Kiran Patel, who launched herself as a senior Indian authorities official, additionally met not less than two deputy commissioners throughout her go to to the Valley. An area courtroom in Srinagar has despatched Kiran Patel to judicial custody at this time.