Six fake IT officers arrested in Delhi

Delhi: Six persons barged into a businessman’s house as Income Tax officers, and led a raid at his residence in South Delhi.

Flashing ‘IRS officer’ ID cards, the men got off their Tata Safari, which had a government of India sticker, and began their search operation.

The accused have been identified as Mitesh Kumar, Naunhyal (45), Yogesh Kumar (32), Govind Sharma (45), Amit Aggarwal (35) and driver, Parvinder (21) and were arrested from the spot. Another associate, identified as Kailash, managed to escape, police said.

During the act, Mitesh Kumar introduced himself as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax and extorted Rs 20 lakh from the businessman. The family later raised an alarm and people in the neighbourhood gathered and started beating the six.  

“They thrashed them and later police was called as the feud grew. While investigating the matter, the police teams discovered that all the six were posing as fake IT officers,” Additional Deputy Commissioner Biswal said.

The extorted money was also recovered from their possession, Biswal added.