Chandigarh: Ex-serviceman caught using fake ID to enter air force station

The accused, Naresh Chandra Salgotra, 59, a former junior warrant officer, who lives in Mohali, was seeking entry to the side camp with the fake ID card, as per the police complaint filed by G Sergeant Ajit Singh

In the second such case in less than three weeks, an ex-serviceman was arrested on Friday for trying to enter the 3BRD Air Force station with a forged armed forces identity card.

In the second such case in less than three weeks, an ex-serviceman was arrested on Friday for trying to enter the 3BRD Air Force station with a forged armed forces identity card. (Image for representational purpose)

The accused, Naresh Chandra Salgotra, 59, a former junior warrant officer, who lives in Mohali, was seeking entry to the side camp with the fake ID card, as per the police complaint filed by G Sergeant Ajit Singh.

Salgotra was arrested and later granted bail. He was booked under Section 419 (cheating by personation) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector-31 police station.

In a similar case on January 18, Pawan Rohilla, 40, a former sergeant, was caught at the main gate of the air force station while trying to enter the campus using a fake armed forces’ ID card.