The Noida police apprehended six individuals from West Bengal’s Birbhum district for allegedly operating a fraudulent “international police” office in Central Noida’s Sector 70.
Noida police on Sunday arrested six men for allegedly running a fake “international police” office in Sector 70, Central Noida. According to officials, the men were misleading people through a fake office and by posing as members of international police and various other organisations. The accused had rented an office recently in Sector 70 in Central Noida to run their operations.
The racket was busted, and six people were arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Shakti Mohan Awasthy said on Sunday. All accused are residents of West Bengal. They pretended to be government officials as well and influenced locals with the logo of the office, the officer said.
In an official statement, the Noida Police took to their handle on X (formerly Twitter) and said, “Six accused arrested for fraudulently extorting money from the general public by creating a fake office under the name INTERNATIONAL POLICE & CRIME INVESTIGATION BUREAU in an organized manner, misleading people, falsely posing as government officials, and using police-like colors and logos to influence them.”
Fake police logo fooled people: DCP
“The arrested accused made a rent agreement on June 4 and were operating the office for the last 15 days. They also had a website — www.intlpcrib.in — and took donations. Further investigation is on,” he said.
The accused have been identified as Vibhash Chandra Adhikari (27), an arts graduate, Aragya Adhikari (26), a law graduate, Pintu Pal (27), Samapdal (25), Babul Chandra Mandal (27), Ashish Kumar (57) — all Class-12 pass. While the first four are residents of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, Mandal and Kumar are residents of 24 Parganas and Kolkata respectively, police said, PTI reported.
Police have seized nine mobile phones, 17 stamp seals, six cheque books, nine identity cards, a PAN card, a voter card, six ATM cards, three types of visiting cards, certificates recognised by ministries and a CPU. Four boards of the “International Police and Crime Investigation Bureau”, Rs 42,300 in cash and other documents were also seized from the possession of the accused.
