Bihar Gang Ran Fake Police Station For Eight Months - In A Hotel
NDTV
Incidents of fraudsters pretending to be police or soldiers are common, but setting up a phoney police station takes the scams up a level.
A gang in Bihar operated a fake police station from a hotel for eight months where they dressed up as officers and are believed to have extorted money from hundreds of people, an official said Thursday.
Incidents of fraudsters pretending to be police or soldiers are common, but setting up a phoney police station takes the scams up a level.
The gang set up shop barely 500 metres from the home of the actual local police chief and wore uniforms with rank badges and carried guns, police official -- a real one -- D.C. Srivastava told AFP.
They would then charge money from locals coming into the fake station to file complaints and cases, while pocketing cash from others by promising to help them secure social housing or jobs in the police.