A 23-year-old man has been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly impersonating an official of Indian Army in the national Capital. Police said that the accused was wanted in a case and when the police nabbed him, he showed an Indian Army identity card and claimed that he is a “Major”. The accused has been identified as Suraj Tiwari, a resident of Prem Nagar-II in Delhi.

According to PK Mishra, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Rohini district, on July 23, a case under section 323/341/34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Prem Nagar police station after a complaint against Suraj was received by a woman. “During investigation Suraj was arrested and as the offence was bailable, thus, police asked accused Suraj to produce a surety for availing bail but accused rather produced a Identity Card of Major Rank in Indian Army stating that he is posted as Major in Indian Army and police cannot arrest him,” said the DCP.

“Identity Card shown by the accused was of inferior quality and that raised suspicion in the mind of police official privy to investigation. Here upon, interrogation of the accused was carried out. He got visibly nervous while trying to defend cross-questions and eventually submitted that the ID card was fake,” the DCP said. “Suraj told police that during his school days he joined NCC and once had an opportunity to visit IMA in Dehradun. He got immensely fascinated by Indian Army Officers there and developed a strong penchant for officer’s uniform. However, his dreams got stifled as he did not have the requisite academic qualification to be an officer in Indian Army. Notwithstanding his academic qualification hiccups, he fabricated an ID of Indian Army reflecting himself as ‘Major’ in it,” the DCP said.               

“A case under section 419/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at Prem Nagar police station and the accused has been placed under arrest. Further investigation is being carried out to ascertain the involvement of any person of the Ministry of Defence, in fabrication of said ID,” the DCP added.