A group of impostors disguised as police officers operated a fake police station for eight months from a guesthouse just meters away from the actual police station.
The gang was operating in the city of Bangka in the eastern state of Bihar and extorted money from hundreds of people.
Had the top police officers not noticed the unique red flags, they would have continued to do so. The men and women who were members of the gang wore police uniforms, but instead of police they carried domestic pistols. The Hindustan Times reported the official revolvers allocated by the government.
On Wednesday, he was arrested by Banka police over fake police station racquets involving at least five of her, including two women.
The fake police station was only 500 meters away from the real one, The Telegraphreported.
Officials said the impostors were wearing the uniforms of a lieutenant or deputy superintendent. It is not yet known how the gang gained access to the uniforms.
Two of the arrested suspects, Anita Murum and Aakash Kumar Manji, They each wore badges and posed as a police station employee and a deputy superintendent, the report added.
According to The Telegraph, Mr Murmu has spoken to residents of the area and asked them to give him employment opportunities in exchange for bribes ranging from just £1 to him £500. I confided that I provided a solution to the problem.
Gang mastermind still not caught
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Country-made pistol , four police uniforms, more than 500 federal housing scheme applications, 40 electoral votes issued by town officials, bank checkbooks, five cell phones, and fake IDs. The
gang ringleader, who has been identified by officials as Bhola Yadav, has not yet been arrested.
Officials said they were questioning the guest house manager about their role in the conspiracy plot.
The gang also extorted money from several ongoing government projects on the pretext of conducting investigations. , said they paid Yadav Rs 99,000 and Rs 55,000 (£950.7 and £581) respectively because they wanted the job, but were instead recruited to run the racket.
Two believed they were offered jobs in the police service, the report added.
