CBI on lookout for man impersonating PMO official and swindling money

NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered a case against Mohammad Alam Khan for allegedly impersonating an IAS officer in the Prime Minister's Office. He is suspected of cheating several people of lakhs of rupees by offering them jobs in the Delhi Police. The agency said the suspect described himself as the Director, Public Grievance, PMO.

The suspect who is absconding was discovered on a complaint given by a resident of Qutb Vihar in Tajpur Khurd in south Delhi, Muhammad Sammi. According to the FIR, Khan told the complainant that in exchange for money the Delhi Police were recruiting potential candidates. The complainant then arranged for a candidate named Akash Beri through his friend Anil Vats, according to the New Indian Express.

The accused demanded Rs 10 lakh, of which half was to be paid in advance. The complainant paid the amount after collecting money from Vats. "The suspect cheated the complainant and others as neither the candidate was recruited nor the money returned," the FIR stated. When Sammi approached the Prime Minister's Office to file a grievance, an enquiry by PMO staff found that "prima facie, it appears to be a case of impersonation since no official by the name/designation of Mohammad Aalam Khan is working in this Office."

The matter was referred to the Joint Director Policy of the CBI for filing a complaint seeking an inquiry. The CBI thereafter stated that the "allegations prima-facie disclosed commission of offences under section 170, 419 and 420 of IPC against Mohammad Alam Khan."