Days after the Madhya Pradesh police arrested a man for pretending to be an IAS officer in Indore, another case of impersonation and fraud has reportedly been busted in Bhopal. At the centre of the scam is a woman named Tripti Singh Rajput who has been accused of collecting money from people by using her fake identity card of an IAS officer.
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Rajput conned people and extorted money while posing as an IAS officer working as the Additional Director in the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department, the Indian Express reported. Bhopal Police investigation also revealed that the reel was not shot outside the Vidhan Sabha, but at a gallery inside the Anthropological Museum complex. She was exposed after an Instagram reel caught the attention of the Bhopal Police. The case in Bhopal came to light after police began investigating an Instagram reel. In the purported video, three women claimed that they were IAS officers and were filming the vlog outside the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. “We have come here to attend the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. Since they don’t allow photography inside, we decided to film this outside,” one of the women was quoted as saying. The third woman in the reel was Tripti Singh Rajput, who, the other two later alleged, had asked them to act like IAS officers. Police arrested her and her brother, and identified suspected suppliers of fake documents. They are examining deleted laptop files, financial transactions, phone records and possible accomplices to uncover the wider network.
This comes two days after the Madhya Pradesh Police arrested 28-year-old Himanshu Panchal for allegedly posing as an IAS officer in Indore. Panchal reportedly hosted a party for 16 guests at a five-star hotel and left without paying the bill, telling staff that his PA would settle it later.
Another woman said, “Looking at our antics, no one can tell we are IAS officers.
