Former cop arrested for Rs 2.5cr fraud

SHILLONG: A former Inspector of Police (CID) who took voluntary retirement from Meghalaya police was arrested in the city on Friday in connection with several cases in Kolkata where he allegedly duped people of Rs 2.5 crore.
Police arrested Anjan Chakraborty from State Bank of India, Evening Branch in the city.
Police said he has duped countless people in Kolkata by claiming himself to be the assistant commissioner of the detective department of West Bengal police.
In one of the cases at Ekbalpore in Kolkata, the accused is alleged to have made a forged ID card of Kolkata Police and after impersonating himself as the deputy superintendent of police of CBI, he induced individuals to pay Rs 25 lakh or be implicated in a false case.
The complainant, Abdul Munaf of Kolkata, paid Rs 10 lakh to get rid of him and thereafter paid the rest of the amount.
Chakraborty was immediately produced in court after his arrest and was taken to Kolkata by West Bengal Police for further investigation.
Earlier, a raid was also conducted in Arunachal Pradesh but he could not be located.
This is not the first time where a case was lodged against the retired inspector.
In 2014, two FIRs were registered against him at Shillong Sadar police station by two persons for duping them of Rs 19, 50,000 and Rs 14,000.
Shillong police also recovered two mobile phones, cash and a few fake identity cards from his possession.