Man creates fake ID for suite in UT Guest House

Amit Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 22

Twentyone-year-old fraudster, Mohik Singh, a resident of Delhi, who posed as an official of the Ministry of External Affairs to book a room at the UT Guest House, had created a fake email ID — ‘highcommisionofindiamea’ — to send an email to the DC office.

On May 16, the accused had sent the email seeking a suite for Mohik Singh, member, High Commission of India, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, for May 20.

Sources said the email had raised suspicion as it was replete with grammatical errors and incorrect spellings. The police said after sending the email, the accused also made a call to the UT Guest House to reiterate that he needed a room regarding which an email had been sent to DC office.

On May 20, the accused again called up the UT Guest House to inform that he would be coming late and they should keep his accommodation reserved. However, the accused didn’t turn up on May 20.

It was the next morning that he arrived and produced an ID issued by the Foreign Ministry of Republic of Bangladesh in the name of Mohik Singh, staff member, High Commission of India. The number on the identity card was illegible.

The police said the accused mentioned the purpose of the visit as being on protocol duty with the DM. The Guest House staff asked him to give the landline number of his office which the accused failed to provide and confessed to having created a fake ID.

The accused was produced in a local court today and sent to a two-day police remand. The police said they would investigate whether the accused was involved in any cheating case in the past too.

Errors in email raised suspicion

The email had raised suspicion as it was replete with grammatical errors and incorrect spellings.