Man held for posing as sub-inspector, threatening women on phone

A 41-year-old man has been arrested for posing as a Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and making obscene calls to women after getting drunk. The accused, Harender Malik, had also called up social activist Shabnam Hashmi on July 14 and threatened to kill her in an encounter.

“Malik would get drunk and dial random numbers on his phone in order to talk to women. He would claim to be a Sub-Inspector from the Lajpat Nagar police station. He is an expert mechanic of Japanese knitting machines. He is unmarried and lives in Ghaziabad,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Romil Baaniya said. 

Hashmi runs an NGO, where one Mubina informed her that she received a call from a police officer, who threatened her over the phone. Sensing something amiss, Hashmi called up the number and Malik threatened to kill her in an encounter. 

“He also told her that the government has launched a ‘Ghero and Maaro’ scheme, under which those who do not possess Aadhar cards will be killed in an encounter. She also revealed that he was drunk at the time,” Baaniya said.

Meanwhile, the police have also recovered the mobile phone from which the call was made. The number was found to be registered in the name of Malik’s former employer.