Guwahati: 3 held for impersonating as Anti-Corruption Department officials in Geetanagar area

Guwahati: A team of the Central Guwahati Police Department (CGPD) from Geetanagar police station has arrested three persons for posing as Anti-Corruption Branch officials and trying to rob a shopkeeper on Tuesday.

Taking to Twitter, the official account of Guwahati police wrote, “Adaptation from reel to real went topsy turvy! In what can be described as an awful adaptation of the ‘Special 26’ movie, a gang of thugs went bust after they were caught by a CGPD team from Geetanagar PS for posing as Anti Corruption Branch officials.”

The gang, enacting as undercover cops, robbed a Pan Shop owner at Zoo Road Tiniali, alleging drug trafficking, police said.

The three miscreants were identified as Salauddin Seikh, a resident of Nalbari, Dhrubajyoti Sarma of Zoo Tiniali and Rubul Ali of Bhaskar Nagar in Guwahati, police added.

Meanwhile, the three accused in the matter have been taken into custody and charged under 419/392 sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), police informed. A case numbered 259/2022 has been registered against them.