Pune Cop Krishna Prakash Disguises Himself To Lure Conman, 3 Arrested In Operation

Mr Prakash determined to catch him within the act, saying he wished to make an instance to discourage frauds.

Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune:

A Pune IPS officer, recognized to disguise himself to lure criminals, on Sunday evening caught a gang that was extorting cash claiming to be near him. Three individuals, together with two girls, have been arrested within the fraud case by the Dehu Highway police in Maharashtra’s Pune. 

Pimpri Chinchwad Police Commissioner Krishna Prakash disguised himself as a civilian to catch 22-year-old conman Roshan Bagul, who was making an attempt to extort cash in a land dispute case. The accused claimed that he was near Mr Prakash and Mumbai’s Joint Commissioner of Police Vishwas Nangare Patil, and had even helped them in land instances. 

Mr Prakash determined to catch him within the act, saying he wished to make an instance to discourage frauds. 

“I disguised myself as a drug addict who lives with a bodily incapacity. To set me aside, I wore a cap and glasses which I do not put on in any other case. I even wore a masks and walked with a slight limp in order that no person may determine me,” Mr Prakash mentioned.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Police Commissioner mentioned that the accused bragged about his reference to him even in the course of the assembly the place Mr Prakash was current in a disguise. 

The accused was upset that Mr Prakash had introduced simply Rs one lakh of the agreed Rs 1.5 lakh.

After the accused took the cash, the Commissioner requested in the event that they recognised him. After they mentioned they did not, he eliminated his disguise and requested them how they did not know him even after they have been extorting individuals in his identify. 

“Simply as we caught him, he dialled two girls and known as them over. It appears they too are concerned in unlawful extortion together with him,” he mentioned.

The police arrested the 2 girls as nicely, and recovered identification playing cards of Maharashtra Police Helpers and Cyber Crime First Responders from accused Roshan.

Mr Prakash usually disguises himself to check the promptness of his personnel in accepting complaints from residents. 

The 1998 batch Indian Police Service officer can also be recognized for his bodily health. He’s India’s first police officer to finish excessive endurance challenges like Iron Man and Ultraman triathlons.