SRINAGAR: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police’s Crime Branch detained a young Kashmiri man who was purportedly impersonating a representative of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and an Army physician, The Indian Express reported.
He has been detained on allegations of forgery, impersonation, cheating, and connections to anti-national groups.
The accused has been identified as Sayed Ishaan Bukhari alias Ishaan Bukhari alias Dr Ishaan Bukhari, 37, a native of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. According to the police, he was also found to be posing as a neuro-specialist doctor and a close associate of some high-ranking officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
“On getting reliable information, the STF and local police conducted a raid at a house in the Neulpur area (under the Dharmasala police limit). During the raid, many incriminating materials including more than 100 documents were seized, besides four cell phones, which will be sent for scientific examination,” said Crime Branch Inspector General J N Pankaj as reported by Indian Express.
It is suspected that the accused was in touch with some suspicious persons in Kerala and some Pakistani nationals. Further scrutiny is being done by the STF to dig into his terror links, the inspector general said.
He was found in possession of multiple falsified documents, including a medical degree certificate from Cornell University in the United States, Canadian Health Services Institute, Vellore Christian Medical College, etc. According to an official, the STF also confiscated bonds, several identity cards, ATM cards, blank checks, Aadhaar cards, signed blank documents, and visiting cards.
Additionally, it was discovered that the accused had wed six or seven ladies, some of them were from different groups in different parts of India, such as Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Kashmir. According to STF sources, he was also active on a number of websites and applications, pretending to be a doctor with international degrees and engaging in relationships with numerous girls, the report suggests.
