A group of fraudsters was very careful when building a fake police station not far from the real police station in order to cheat people’s money.
DC Srivastava, police spokesman for the town of Banka, northern Bihar state, India, responded to the media about a funny incident: a gang of 6 people wore police uniforms and badges to disguise themselves. be the local police. These 6 even set up a fake police station in the hotel more than 500m from the real police station.
The gang rented a hotel to pretend to be a police station
Due to the confusing location, many people mistakenly went to the fake police station of the other gang. When people report the case or submit some documents, this gang all ask to pay money to solve it. Even many people are promised to help apply for subsidies, tax exemptions, apply for the police service, etc.
To increase the prestige as well as increase the number of “personnel” in this fake police station, the gang spent about 500 rupees (more than 6 USD) to hire a few street vendors to pose as police.
It’s strange that thanks to extremely “disgusting” methods, this fake police station can last for more than 8 months. The case was only revealed earlier this week when the real police station chief Shambhu Yadav discovered that his two “subordinates” were using rudimentary homemade guns, not standard ones.
Mr. Yadav said he had caught the other two fake policemen who were asking for protection money from shops in the shopping center. When asked which police station they belonged to, the other two generals revealed the address of the fake police station at the hotel.
Police raid a fake police station in the town of Banka, northern Bihar state, India. Photo: Telegraph.
Immediately, the police force ambushed and destroyed the fake gang. At the scene, the real police discovered 3 more fake policemen working. However, the leader escaped.
Responding to the press, a local policeman said:
“I know about cases of impersonating the police, but building a police station to cheat like this is truly unprecedented.”
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