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September 9, 2011

Woman ‘IAS officer’, aide held for Rs 45-lakh fraud

Chandigarh, September 9
The Palampur police today arrested a woman from Sector 37 here for impersonating as an IAS officer. Pooja Sharma and her partner Mohit Sharma were arrested and booked under Sections 468, 471 and 120 of the IPC.
They were in the dock for preparing forged documents for the sale of a piece of land at Palampur in Himachal Pradesh. The police said Pooja had posed as an IAS officer and cheated Dr Rajiv Bedi of Mohali and SK Bedi of Chandigarh.
She had reportedly taken away Rs 45 lakh from them after giving them forged land documents. Dr Rajiv Bedi and SK Bedi had approached the police and filed a complaint against Pooja and her three accomplices.
Pooja’s track record revealed that she had also cheated a number of persons in Una district, claimed the police. She also owned a Ford Ikon car, with a red beacon atop, making others believe that she was an IAS officer.
UT cops not in the loop
The SHO of the Sector-39 police station, inspector Charanjeet Singh, said they were unaware of any arrests by the Himachal Pradesh Police.

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