Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch has arrested two persons from Dhenkanl for allegedly impersonating as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials
The accused have been identified as Tarinisen Mohapatra (30) and Brahmashankar Mohapatra (27) who brothers in relation.
They used to extort money from government officials posting themselves as ED officials. As many as 300 government officials fall prey to them, STF said. .
One of the accused persons had demanded money from Sub-Collector-cum SDM, Chhatrapur who lodged a complaint based on which the Crime Branch arrested them.
The accused brothers were maintaining a luxurious life with the borrowed money from their own locality. They left for Ranchi after the people asked them to return the borrowed money.
The duo started working with an NGO, which stopped its operation after some days.
The accused brothers hatched a plan to cheat the government officials by impersonating themselves as “Additional Director of Enforcement Directorate, Bhubaneswar”.
“They especially chose “ED” because of the current prevailing news coverage about various ED raids. They watched and studied all ED-related news articles so that they can impersonate and imitate well to scare/ extort Government officials,” said STF.
