Ropar/Jalandhar, May 2: In an incident that raises questions on police functioning, a conman managed to don the uniform of a DSP and wield powers attached to the post for two years in Jalandhar district. A DSP deployed with the Jalandhar Rural police allegedly connived with him.
The conman, identified as Mohit Arora (30) of Amritsar, is a school dropout and he managed to marry a sub-inspector, who is a qualified dental surgeon. The DSP, who is under the scanner for helping Mohit, was awarded President’s Police Medal and a commendation disc last year for his meritorious services. An SHO also reportedly helped Mohit in concealing his identity. The accused had been gifting costly presents to the said DSP for favours extended to him, it is learnt.Surprisingly, Mohit, who used the name Vikramjit Singh Mann to pose as DSP, would often visit the police headquarters and meet senior police officials. All this while, nobody got a whiff of his reality. It was only after his wife got suspicious of his activities and informed the seniors, following which the Ropar police arrested him from a local bus stand in police uniform. The police recovered a fake identity card from his possession.
Though the police remain tightlipped over the issue, the sources said Mohit noticed the woman SI at a naka near Maksudan police station in 2017 and decided to marry her. He came in contact with the above said DSP through a common friend. The DSP and an SHO reportedly helped him in convincing the woman SI that he was a DSP and finally, they got married 10 months ago.
The DSP and the SHO even provided him gunmen and he would be seen issuing directions to the police personnel posted at nakas in the district, the sources said.
The woman SI, who joined the police force about four years ago, is currently posted at Hoshiarpur. She is said to be in depression ever since she came to know about the reality.
Ropar SSP Swapan Sharma said the accused was produced before the court, which sent him to judicial custody. On the alleged connivance of a DSP and an SHO of Jalandhar, he said the investigation was on and action would be taken against them only after their role was established.
Among those who are facing the inquiry are BIS Kahlon, ACP Special Branch, Jalandhar Commissionerate. Kahlon said, “I am being wrongly related to the case. I know both Mohit and the SI, but I got to know about their marriage only last week. I was asked by the Jalandhar rural SSP to assign her some cases. Mohit had a property dispute and she was inquiring the matter. It was during the conduct of the inquiry that they reportedly got to know each other. The charge that I helped Mohit is false.”
