Overview

• Investigators arrested 55-year-old Imamuddin Ansari during a late-night raid on August 2 at Munti Hasanpur’s Shani Dev temple after receiving intelligence on his false priest identity.
• Officers seized three Aadhaar cards and a PAN card showing conflicting names and addresses, including one listing ‘Bangali Nath’ at a Saharanpur temple address.
• A Kairana court remanded Ansari to 14 days of judicial custody on charges of forging government documents and offending religious sentiments.
• A police team dispatched to Kalchini, West Bengal, is verifying Ansari’s original records and checking for any existing criminal history in his home district.
• The Intelligence Department has joined the investigation to determine whether the two-year deception was orchestrated by a broader network exploiting religious institutions.