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Siliguri Police Arrest Trio Over NIA Impersonation in Voter-List Revision Scam

Investigators say the suspects exploited the ongoing voter-list revision to run a document-fixing racket under a false NIA cover.

Overview

  • The Detective Department and Special Operations Group of Siliguri Metropolitan Police arrested three men after a complaint led officers to track their mobile locations and conduct a raid.
  • The accused were identified as Rehan Babar, Eshan Ahmed, and Manik Roy, with Roy described by authorities as the alleged kingpin.
  • A Siliguri court remanded the trio to five days in police custody after prosecutors sought seven, and police say searches are underway for more members of the group.
  • Officers seized multiple mobile phones, photocopies of documents, and a car, with investigators examining evidence for links to additional cases.
  • A complainant reported being coerced into paying Rs 50,000 after threats, and police allege the group extracted lakhs of rupees from multiple victims during the Special Intensive Revision.