Punjab Police has arrested constable Manjinder Singh for allegedly duping several persons by ‘impersonating as PA to the Chief Minister, and using the Truecaller app to falsely project him as senior officer of various designations.’ DGP Dinkar Gupta said that he has directed Special DGP Punjab Armed Police to dismiss the constable, who is indulging in criminal acts and was acquitted in three different cases on an earlier occasion.
Gupta said that the police initiated action after Vijay N Zade, Secretary Expenditure and Director Mining, informed that he had been getting calls from a person claiming that he was speaking from CM’s residence. On checking, it was found that no such person was on duty in CM’s residence or office. However, the Truecaller showed that the call had emanated from “CM house Chd”, Gupta said.
Gupta said that as an MBA, the suspect used to call various government officials, and often introduced himself as Kuldeep Singh, PA to CM Punjab. He was making creative use of technology to shield his original identity, the DGP said, adding that the cop was manipulating the Truecaller app to identify himself as someone from CM office Chandigarh, SSP Chandigarh, DC Muktsar, among others.