J&K Police caution Police personnel, people against DGP’s imposter

Jammu, Apr 7:  Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) has warned its personnel, government officials and people against a fraudster impersonating as Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain to extort money.

According to the police spokesperson, this imposter, using mobile number 8891979985 is “asking for money from different people including police officers.”

In this connection, the police have also registered an FIR No 8/2024 U/S 66C, 66D read with sec 384, 419, 420 of IPC at Cyber PS Jammu and SP Cyber Police Jammu Zone is supervising the investigation.

Earlier, JKP Police Headquarter issued a warning notice about this unidentified imposter.

“This is to convey to fellow police officers, colleagues from other government services, departments and members of the general public that a fraudster (who is being identified) is using a mobile phone number 8891979985 and is falsely posing as R R Swain DGP J&K. This fraudster is asking money from different people, including colleague police officers, who he thinks can fall into his trap. While legal action under law is underway, friends, colleagues and even relatives are requested to be vigilant about this person as well as such persons in future,” read the warning notice issued by JKP along with a screen shot of the number and (business) account of the fraudster.

This is the second such case of a fraudster impersonating a senior police officer of JKP, within four months.

Earlier in January this year, the police had identified a fake Facebook official account of Zonal Police Headquarters, Jammu, circulating on social media platforms, posing as ADGP Jammu Anand Jain and extorting money from people.

In February, the police, while cautioning people against responding to those fake profiles, initiated legal action against the fraudster impersonating as ADGP Jammu zone using his image and other credentials.