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Couple Impersonating Govt Officials Dupes People of Rs 27 Lakh, Arrested in Sitapur
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News18•01-10-2026, 15:15
Couple Impersonating Govt Officials Dupes People of Rs 27 Lakh, Arrested in Sitapur
- •Rohit Bajpai and Annu Bajpai alias Chandra, a married couple, were arrested in Sitapur for allegedly cheating people of Rs 27 lakh by posing as government officials.
- •The couple used forged identity cards to gain trust and offered cheap auctioned gold and exchange of damaged currency notes.
- •Victims include house owner Ramnaresh Jaiswal (Rs 20 lakh for gold, Rs 2 lakh for currency exchange), another person (Rs 1 lakh), and a laundry operator (Rs 4 lakh).
- •After fleeing with the money on September 14, they changed locations across Agra, Kota, Betul, and Chennai.
- •Police recovered Rs 14 lakh in cash, 38.740 grams of gold jewellery, four mobile phones, and forged PNB, Income Tax, Aadhaar, and PAN identity documents; the couple has a history of similar frauds since 2005 across multiple states.
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The married couple posed as government officials using forged identity cards to gain trust, promising cheap auctioned gold and the exchange of damaged currency notes.
The accused were arrested on Wednesday after fleeing with the money on September 14. Police recovered Rs 14 lakh in cash, 38.740 grams of gold jewellery, four mobile phones, and forged identity documents including PNB, Income Tax, Aadhaar, and PAN cards.
During the investigation, police found that the couple had been involved in similar frauds since 2005, with cases registered against them across Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Bihar.
