Fake IPS officer held by Rourkela Cop
Bureau,Odishabarta
ROURKELA:A woman has been apprehended by the police for allegedly defrauding a two-wheeler finance company after introducing herself as an IPS officer in Uditanagar area of Rourkela Cop.
The accused has been identified as Sarmistha Behera is a resident of Dhamnagar area of Bhadrak district.
The police also seized police uniform, bullet motorcycle, IPS logo and fake documents from the possession of the woman.
As per reports, on August 11, the woman wearing police uniform reached a bullet motorcycle showroom located in Basanti Colony and introduced herself as IPS officer.
She also produced fake documents, her IPS identity card, two blank cheques and Rs 25,000 cash at the two- wheeler showroom and purchased a bullet motorcycle worth Rs 1.9 lakh on loan through a finance company.
Based on the complaint, the police tracked the mobile number and eventually traced the accused.
This not a lone case against the woman as she was earlier arrested on April 24 for allegedly impersonating an IPS officer and demanding for orderly from the Capital police station in Bhubaneswar.
She was booked her under Section 41 of CrPC. The police then released her after she gave an undertaking not to commit the offence again.
