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Man posing as ‘Addl Director PMO’ arrested in Srinagar

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Srinagar, Mar 16 : In a high profile case, Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a man from ‘Gujarat’ allegedly by forged means posing as Additional Director (Strategy & Campaigns) Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi, in summer capital Srinagar.

Reliable sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that top officers of Jammu and Kashmir police after getting specific information regarding a man identified as Kiran Patel son of Jagdesh Patel posing as Additional Director (Strategy & Campaigns) PMO, New Delhi, swiftly acted and arrested the man in summer capital Srinagar.

Accordingly, an FIR no 19 of 2023 was registered by Srinagar police in Police Station Nishat, a copy of which is in possession with news agency Kashmir Dot Com, reads “on 02-03-2023 a reliable information received by Police Station Nishat has revealed that a fraudster namely Kiran Bhai Patel son of Jagdesh Bhai Patel resident of Gujarat has by virtue of criminal intention indulged in activities within the jurisdiction of this police station and other parts of Kashmir valley and by employing high degree of forged means. Kiran Bhai has impersonated himself as a senior government official of India.”

The said individual, by resorting to cheating, forgery and impersonation has duped gullible people and also intentionally induced people to do and also to omit to do activities, under a well-knit plan for securing monetary as well as material benefits.

As per reports Patel who by forged means was able to get security from the Jammu and Kashmir police and was staying at Hotel Lalit in Room no 1107. The ‘fraudster’ as per reports had visited multiple places in Kashmir including Doodpatri in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. At Doodpathri the ‘fraudster’ was accompanied by an SDM rank officer.

If sources are to be believed Kiran Patel who himself posed as senior official of government of India have also met at least two Deputy Commissioners during his visit in the valley.

Today, a local court in Srinagar has sent Kiran Patel to judicial custody.

The fraudster as per FIR has been booked under section 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC at police station Nishat and further investigation into the matter is going on. (KDC) 

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