A shocking case of impersonation has emerged from Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur where a 21-year-old man went around the town in military uniform, claiming to be a Brigadier.
The accused, Aryan Verma, was detained by the Army personnel on Friday following a sting operation at the Shaheed Museum in Shahjahanpur Cantonment.
Verma had a carefully detailed plan to complete the impersonation as he hired two bouncers and went around introducing them as National Security Guard (NSG) commandos.
He also had a forged identity card purportedly bearing the seal of the dean of the Armed Forces Medical College, an Army regimental cane, and a fake pistol seized from his possession.
A trap was laid to catch him red-handed, and Army officials contacted him while posing as civilians and invited him to deliver a motivational speech.
Verma arrived at the venue on Friday morning dressed in military uniform and was travelling in an SUV (Harrier) bearing military stars and flags associated with senior officers.
Army personnel detained him immediately upon his arrival, and an Army Intelligence team from Bareilly has now taken over the investigation.
