Man posing as Army officer dupes woman of Rs 70K, held

A man who impersonated as a lieutenant in the Para Commando unit of the Indian Army and duped a woman of Rs 70,000 by promising to marry her has been arrested, the police said on Thursday.

The incident came to light when the police received a PCR call at the Farsh Bazar police station on September 1. The complainant stated that a man impersonating as a lieutenant in the Indian Army cheated her on the pretext of marrying her.

Acting on the complaint, a team was deployed and the accused, Deepanshu (23), was arrested. “During interrogation, it came to fore that the woman met Deepanshu at a marriage, where he introduced himself as a lieutenant in the Indian Army’s Para Commando unit. He met her several times wearing Army uniform,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam.

The DCP said the accused later took a sum of Rs 70,000 from her citing various reasons. The woman grew suspicious and lodged a complaint. The accused was later arrested. During the checking of his mobile phone, the police recovered various photographs of him in Army uniform, forged ID card, NDA-rank list and an appointment letter.

Deepanshu’s father retired as a havildar from the Army and the accused had appeared for the NDA exam but could not succeed.