Key Points
So, when he texted Singh, the IAS officer had little reason to suspect that this luminary was being detained by the Uttar Pradesh Police and they had custody of his phone...
The PMO wasnt the only notch on Singhs CV allegedly, he has also pretended to be an official of the Union home ministry and of the Intelligence Bureau, and was very close to a top official of the UP government and a former state police chief..
Allegedly posing as a politician and a civil servant, Chaudhary had managed to get VIP security paid for by the government at least 19 times in the past three years after he wrote letters to senior Ghaziabad police and government officers..
Chaudhary who faces at least 10 cases of cheating, criminal conspiracy and fraud across cities allegedly had a grab-bag of identities he could dip into: an official of the railway ministry or the Food Corporation of India, the Maharashtra BJPs state-in-charge and a member of the partys Scheduled Caste Morcha, a former adviser to the Central Board of Film Certification, and a former member of Uttar Pradeshs Film Development Council, among others...
For instance, Gujarat conman Dr Kiran J. Patel, arrested in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this year, allegedly told senior officials that he was associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP, and would wear several hats sometimes a businessman, sometimes a web designer..
