A man from Rajasthan has been arrested for allegedly creating a fake profile on a social media platform of a senior bureaucrat in Calcutta and taking money from people on the officer’s friend list by impersonating him. Kolkata Police arrested Bijay Sahu in Rajasthan and brought him to Calcutta on transit remand. He was approaching several people through the social media platform, asking for money, impersonating the Calcutta-based IAS officer, now in the rank of a principal secretary. The police tracked the accused with the help of the phone number that was used to create and operate the fake profile. The prosecution lawyer countered the claims, saying that the police had ample proof against him before putting him behind bars.

Source: The Telegraph January 02, 2026 00:49 UTC