KHAGARIA: A person allegedly posing as an IAS officer and claiming to be an spy working below Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval was arrested in Bihar’s Khagaria district, police mentioned on Monday.The accused, recognized as Manish Gupta, was arrested from his residence in Jamalpur below the Gogri police station space following a tip-off, Khagaria SP Bhanu Pratap Singh mentioned.Police mentioned Gupta allegedly offered himself as a senior authorities official and was concerned in fraudulent actions in several components of Bihar.Throughout interrogation, Gupta allegedly confirmed police a Central Vigilance Fee card and claimed that he labored as an spy below Doval. He additionally produced an id card figuring out him as an IAS officer. Preliminary investigation, nevertheless, discovered the claims to be false, the SP mentioned.A search of his residence led to the restoration of greater than 31 litres of imported international liquor, a big amount of beer, a Tesla automobile outfitted with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) function and displaying a ‘Authorities of India’ board, in addition to a Tata Safari.Police additionally recovered 5 iPhones, 20 bank cards, eight debit playing cards, 4 cheque books and different articles from the premises.The Tesla, which has the FSD function, is taken into account uncommon in India, Singh mentioned. Police additionally discovered two horns allegedly belonging to a barasingha (swamp deer), possession of which is punishable below the Wildlife Safety Act.Police at the moment are analyzing Gupta’s belongings and properties with the assistance of specialized companies, together with the Financial Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police.“His belongings seem to have been acquired by way of fraud, deception or corruption,” Singh mentioned.The SP mentioned a large-scale investigation can be performed to find out the extent of the alleged fraud and impersonation, moreover tracing the supply of Gupta’s belongings.
