Oct. 19 in Srinagar: Police in central Kashmir’s Budgam district said Thursday that a man who was pretending to be an IAS worker was arrested for ripping off locals.
An official spokesman for the Kashmir News Observer (KNO) told the news agency that Ghulam Hassan had reported an attempted identity scam to the police.
The applicant said that an Ayush Koul, also known as Vicky, from Rajbagh, Srinagar, faked being an IAS officer and scammed him out of Rs 6.5 lakh by saying that he could get his son a job with the government.
Parts 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) were used to file case FIR No. 302/2023 at the Budgam police station. The main suspect, Ayush Koul, was caught during the probe. It turned out that Koul had a partner in crime named Burhan Bashir from Nundresh Colony. It says, “Both Ayush Koul and Burhan Bashir were arrested.”
