Ahmedabad: The cyber crime cell of Police on Tuesday apprehended a man named Sudhakar Pandey, who was impersonating a senior IAS officer and using his false identity to endorse his relatives for employment opportunities.

According to a police official, Pandey had falsely registered himself as a “senior IAS officer” on a caller identification app to lend credibility to his fabricated persona. The Ahmedabad cybercrime cell apprehended him in Vadodara and charged him under sections 419 (cheating by personation) and 469 (forgery for the purpose of causing harm) of the Indian Penal Code.

Pandey reportedly confessed to the authorities that he would contact various companies, claiming to be an IAS officer and advocate for his relatives to secure jobs. The investigation is currently ongoing. DeshGujarat