LUCKNOW: A team of Bahraich district police in plainclothes was taken by surprise during a routine patrol when they were intercepted by four 'cops' in their early 20s who flashed "police identity cards" and tried to take money from them for "roaming around in suspicious condition".
However, the situation took an about-turn when the real police patrol team grabbed the imposter cops and put them behind bars for fleecing the innocent.
The incident took place in Bahraich's Visheswarganj police station area where the imposters were arrested and sent to jail.
Additional superintendent of police, Bahraich, KG Singh, confirmed the incident and said that four arrested were identified as Ajay Kumar Singh, Satish Kumar Singh, Pintoo and Shriram Mishra and have been booked under the charges of extortion and Arms Act.
"We also recovered a country-made pistol and fake police ID cards from them," said Singh. The officer also said that it has also surfaced that a relative of one of the accused happens to be in the police department and he will soon be questioned as well.
ASP Singh told TOI that the four accused had stopped two men on a bike near Visheswarganj crossing for not wearing helmets and then intercepted two other commuters.
"In the meantime, a police patrol unit clearing encroachment reached the spot and demanded to know their identities. In response, the youths charged upon the team and instead asked for their identities. Enraged over this, the patrol unit nabbed the youths and brought them to Visheswarganj police station," said ASP.
