Jammu & Kashmir man posing as 'PMO official, army doctor' held in Odisha

The Special Task Force of the Odisha Police Crime Branch has arrested a Kashmiri man in Jajpur district for allegedly posing as an official in the Prime Minister’s Office as well as an Army doctor, among others, reported The Indian Express on Saturday.

The man has been identified as 37-year-old Sayed Ishaan Bukhari, a resident of Handwara in Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The police said Bukhari was also allegedly impersonating a neuro-specialist doctor and a close associate of high-ranking officials of the National Investigation Agency, according to the newspaper.

“On getting reliable information, the STF and local police conducted a raid at a house in the Neulpur area,” said Crime Branch Inspector General JN Pankaj. “During the raid, many incriminating materials including more than 100 documents were seized, besides four cell phones, which will be sent for scientific examination.”