Round 5.30 pm on November 14, the telephone rang on the workplace of DCP (Trans-Hindon) Patil Nimish Dasrat. With the DCP busy with a gathering, his PRO picked up. The caller recognized himself as Anil Katiyal, a retired IPS officer of the 1979 batch.
However the 68-year-old was no retired cop. He was allegedly impersonating one to assist out his good friend, Delhi-based businessman Vinod Kapoor, who was booked in a dishonest case. Police arrested each males Thursday.
It was when police questioned Katiyal that they realised he was no small-time cheat. Police mentioned he’s a resident of Better Kailash I.Katiyal, Extra Commissioner of Police (Ghaziabad) Dinesh Kumar P mentioned, advised them he studied on the prestigious St Columbaâs College. âOn finishing major schooling from St Columbaâs and faculty from Delhi Collegeâs St Stephenâs, he advised us he appeared for the UPSC examination in 1979 and failed. Then he mentioned he went to Yale College to pursue a PhD however left it halfway and returned to India,â Kumar mentioned.
âAgain within the nation, Katiyal mentioned he labored as a supervisor at Hindustan Lever (the title of the agency then) from 1980 to 2000⌠he additionally mentioned he was additionally appointed vice-president at Vodafone, the place he labored,â Kumar added.
It was after his retirement that he began dishonest individuals, claimed police. His go-to ruse was to introduce himself as a 1979-batch IPS officer. âPrima facie, it looks like he was doing this to become profitable by duping individuals⌠however he additionally appears to be excited in regards to the concept of behaving like a police officer. He grew up in that setting, there’s a feel-good issue on the centre of it,â Dinesh Kumar P mentioned.
The case that led to his arrest
In the course of the three-minute, five-second name to DCP Dasratâs workplace on November 14, Katiyal claimed he has associates within the police pressure. He then requested the PRO, sub-inspector Neeraj Kumar Rathore: âWho’s your Commissioner?â the police quoted him saying.
Believing he was a retired police officer, PRO Rathore gave him the title and the variety of the Ghaziabad Police Commissioner.
Katiyal then briefed Rathore a couple of case lodged at Indira-puram towards Kapoor and handed over the telephone to him to elucidate the complete matter, mentioned police.
The police added that Kapoor took the telephone and complained that the Ghaziabad Police allegedly picked him up from his Gurgaon residence and locked him in police custody with none proof.
Katiyal, police mentioned, took the telephone again and advised the PRO that the investigating officer in Kapoorâs case ought to be suspended and thrashed. He went on to say that he would have executed it had he nonetheless been a cop, mentioned police.
By the way, the friendship between Kapoor and Katiyal started simply 15 days in the past, mentioned Extra CP Kumar. He mentioned they met by means of a Dubai-based businessman who knew Katiyal.
Kapoor had taken Rs 75 lakh from a person and was refusing to repay him, mentioned Assistant Commissioner of Police (Indirapuram) Swatantra Kumar Singh, and an FIR was registered towards the person 5 months in the past within the case. âAfter we went to confirm his handle, it was discovered to be faux⌠so, we booked him,â mentioned Singh.
Police mentioned Katiyal was booked for impersonating a retired IPS officer, taking undue benefit of his solid identification, pressuring and interfering in a police investigation referring to Kapoor, and forcibly extorting cash whereas obstructing authorities work primarily based on an FIR registered by SI Rathore.
