E-rickshaw driver poses as Haryana cop to evade toll tax, get free stay in hotels | Delhi News
The Gurgaon Police on Saturday arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly posing as a Haryana Police sub-inspector (SI) to avoid paying toll taxes, secure free stays in hotels, and intimidate people by projecting his false authority.
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Police said the accused, Mukesh Kumar, a graduate and resident of Kasni village in Jhajjar district, was apprehended on January 17 from the Civil Lines area following a complaint lodged by the manager of Shubham Hotel in Gurgaon, police said.
According to police, on January 17, the hotel manager had informed them that a man, dressed in the uniform of the Haryana Police, had checked into the hotel and provided an Aadhaar card as identification. Later, the same individual returned to the reception and made unnecessary inquiries about the room, raising suspicion among the staff, officials added.
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“When questioned, the man panicked and attempted to flee but was detained with the help of hotel employees. During initial police questioning, he admitted that he was not a police officer and had been wearing the uniform merely to create an impression of authority among the public,” a police spokesperson said.
A case was registered at Civil Lines police, following which a police team arrested Mukesh Kumar the same day.
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“During questioning, the accused revealed that he drives a rented e-rickshaw in Khatu, Rajasthan, and frequently travels between Jhajjar and Khatu. To avoid repeated toll tax payments on the route and to display false influence, he obtained a fake Special Police Officer (SPO) identity card for Rs 500 from an individual in Jhajjar. He also got a Haryana Police SI uniform stitched for Rs 2,200 from Jharoda Kalan in Delhi,” the spokesperson added.
Items recovered by the police from his possession include an Aadhaar card, a PAN card, a fake SPO identity card, and the sub-inspector police uniform.
Police said Kumar was produced before a Gurgaon court on Sunday and remanded to a day in police custody for further questioning to ascertain if he had accomplices or was involved in additional offences.
He will likely be remanded to judicial custody later on Monday, officials said.
