Man with fake police ID held

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, August 19

The Faridabad police have arrested a 25-year-old man hailing from Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh for possessing a fake identity card of the UP Police, besides multiple Aadhaar cards.

A police official said the accused, identified as Tejpal of Nangal Deepa village in Mathura district, was arrested from the bypass road this morning following a tip-off.

He said the accused was unemployed. He possessed four Aadhaar cards. These documents were in different names, but the photo on all of these is that of the accused.

Initial investigation revealed that the father and a brother of the accused were employed in the police and the Homeguards departments of UP. The accused reportedly told the police that he obtained a fake police ID to avoid paying bus fares and toll tax. He had come here to meet someone in connection with a job, the police said. The accused has been remanded in three-day police custody for further interrogation.

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