Hyderabad Police Arrest Suspect in Two-Year IAS, IPS and NIA Impersonation Scheme
Police describe a two-year scheme built on forged credentials plus staged trappings of authority, with two suspected accomplices still untraced.
Overview
- Film Nagar police arrested 39-year-old Bathini Shashikanth in Shaikpet following an operation based on a complaint.
- Investigators say he posed as a Deputy Commissioner in the Mines Department and at times as an IPS or NIA officer to cheat citizens.
- Police allege he collected Rs 10,50,665 from Ali Hassan, the managing director of Gold Gym, using a forged TSIIC industrial land allotment letter.
- Officers seized two mobile phones, six SIM cards, two walkie-talkies and a fake ID, and they say he used fitted sirens and forged cards to appear official.
- Two alleged associates, identified as Praveen and Vimal, are absconding as the cheating, forgery and extortion case progresses.