Singer held for extorting money from man by posing as Delhi Police officer
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Accused committed crime after he lost job during lockdown
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Accused committed crime after he lost job during lockdown
A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly impersonating a policeman and extorting money from a person in south-east Delhi’s Govindpuri, the police said on Monday.
The accused has been identified as Vishal Mishra from MP, a club singer, lost his job during the lockdown, they said.
Complainant Rajinder Singh came to Govindpuri police station, saying the incident happened when he was sitting in Meera Bai Park without mask as he was smoking a cigarette. He told the police that a man, who introduced himself as inspector Yogesh from Lajpat Nagar, Crime Branch, asked him to pay ₹2,000 for smoking in public.
Man Arrested For Allegedly Extorting Money By Posing As Policeman In Delhi Man Arrested For Allegedly Extorting Money By Posing As Policeman In Delhi The police arrested the accused from Meera Bai Park, senior police official (southeast) RP Meena said.
The accused used to work as a club singer but he lost the job during lockdown. (Representational)
New Delhi:
A 24-year-old man, who lost his job during lockdown, was arrested for allegedly extorting money from a person by posing as a policeman in southeast Delhi s Govindpuri area, officials said on Monday.
The accused has been identified as Vishal Mishra, a resident of Madhya Pradesh s Gwalior. He came to Delhi two weeks ago for an interview at an institute in Dwarka and was staying at his uncle s place in Govindpuri, they said.