Haryana man held for impersonating former Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia

The Patiala police claim to have arrested a Rewari-based man for impersonating former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and allegedly trying to usurp money and establish links with “politicians and officers” in addition to businessmen.

The accused has been identified as Jai Kishan Bharadwaj of Rewari in Haryana.

Patiala SSP Varun Sharma said the police had registered an FIR under relevant Sections of the BNS at the Lahori Gate police station against “the gang of thugs as they were submitting fake bail bonds in various courts of Punjab”.

The police have also registered a separate FIR at the Kotwali police station pertaining to the use of the mobile number by the accused and trying to extort money from politicians and officers, by assuring them proximity to the incumbent Punjab AAP in-charge.

“Probe revealed that Bharadwaj used five cellphones. He used WhatsApp to impersonate Manish Sisodia and was trying to make contact with various politicians, officers and MLAs,” he said.

During interrogation, Bharadwaj disclosed that he “got this number by using his contacts at Vodafone as he knew that it was used by Sisodia earlier”.

He made several attempts to convince the people that he was in close proximity with former Delhi Deputy CM and could get their works done.

The police said the accused faced an FIR pertaining to cheating and forgery in Haryana, wherein he had duped a woman of lakhs by impersonating as a CBI officer. “We are trying to ascertain whether he accepted money from anyone. We are yet to identify other accused who operated along with him,” said Sharma.

Assured choicest postings

Sources inside the Police Department said the accused tried to contact many officers assuring choicest postings and other benefits to certain politicians using WhatsApp.

“Whether or not he had already accepted money from them is something that needs thorough probe,” sources said.

The police have registered a case against the accused and his aides for submitting fake bail bonds and sureties in different district courts of Punjab

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