Fake WHO director held for fraud in Karnataka

Mangaluru police have arrested two persons involved in cheating the public by impersonating as employees of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The two arrested accused are Shaukat Ahmed Lone from Vakura district of Jammu and Kashmir and Baljinder Singh from Punjab.

According to the police, the duo cheated several people across India. Shaukat posed as a director of WHO while Baljinder used to be his driver. During interrogation, they revealed that they duped people in different parts of the country, including Goa, Mumbai, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Amritsar.

They used to take a huge sum from people by promising them jobs at WHO. The amount they used to extort was between Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. 

On August 17, police got a tip-off that two persons were seen the city, travelling in a car bearing nameplate of WHO Director. The police intercepted them and after initial interrogation, police discovered that none of them was the director of WHO. 

Police have also seized the car with registration number MCI/ 2013/3184. A case has been registered under sections 170, 171,419,420 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Both the accused have been sent to jail while further investigation is on. 

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