Kashmiri Fraudster Posing as PMO Official Arrested by Odisha STF
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch arrested a Kashmiri fraudster for allegedly posing as an official in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and an Army doctor. A team of STF with the help of local police officials arrested the youth in the Neulpur area in Jajpur district. The accused has been [...]
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch arrested a Kashmiri fraudster for allegedly posing as an official in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and an Army doctor.
A team of STF with the help of local police officials arrested the youth in the Neulpur area in Jajpur district.
The accused has been identified as Sayed Ishaan Bukhari (37) alias Ishaan Bukhari alias Dr Ishaan Bukhari. He is a native of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, as per reports.
Bukhari was also found to be posing as a neuro-specialist doctor and a close associate of some high-ranking officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), as per the STF.
Based on reliable information, the STF team and local police conducted a raid at a house in the Neulpur area under the Dharmasala police limit.
During the raid, many incriminating materials including more than 100 documents were seized, besides four cell phones, which will be sent for scientific examination, the STF sources said.
The STF is probing the youth’s links with anti-national elements. It will seek remand of the accused for further interrogation.
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