Bengaluru: The North-East Division police have arrested a 28-year-old MBBS graduate for posing as fake IPS officer and sneaking into the police training institute to meet a woman trainee. He also visited several police stations in the city posing as an Assistant Superintendent of Davangere.
The accused, Tejus Reddy, a doctor by profession told police that he always dreamt of wearing a police uniform and even prepared for civil services exam but failed to clear it. He was obsessed with the khaki uniform and longed to wear it.
After finishing MBBS from overseas, Tejus came to the city and worked at many private hospitals, but his fascination for khaki uniform continued. A resident of Kirloskar Layout in Hesarghatta Main Road, he posed as an IPS officer of 2014 batch and introduced himself as an Assistant Superintendent of Davangere and son of a retired police official.
According to the police, on June 4 he visited Sampigehalli police station and then went to Thanisandra police training school. There he met a woman police trainee. Later, he also called a SP, who is ATS chief, over phone to inform his visit.
However, when he went to the police training centre, the cadets realised something was amiss and alerted the faculty, who informed the police. Sampigehalli police called Davangere police control room and were shocked to learn that they have been conned.
A special team was formed who zeroed in on Tejus at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and arrested him on Friday based on call data records.
In his statement to the police, the accused said he was obsessed with the police services and even made an unsuccessful attempt to clear the civil services exam.
The obsession for khaki uniform led him to pose as a fake IPS officer. However police suspect there is more to what the accused has confessed in his statement.
“We are trying to ascertain the veracity of it and probing further in this connection,” said a senior police officer. Police have also seized a fake walkie-talkie from the arrested.
