A man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested on Monday from Guwahati’s Beltola area by the Assam Police on charges of impersonating a crime branch inspector to extort money from suspects in criminal cases.
The suspect was identified by the criminal investigation department (CID) as Upendra Pandey.
Superintendent of police, Assam CID, Pranab Jyoti Goswami said Pandey received money from the suspects on the promise of influencing the probe and getting them exonerated.
The Assam Police registered a first information report against Pandey on the complaiint of two persons on Monday and arrested him from his residence.
“We registered a case and arrested the accused. He has been produced before the court and taken into judicial custody,” Goswami said.
The police officer asked people not to entertain such persons and report to the CID police station if anyone makes a similar claim.