Police looking out for man who posed as fake government official to cheat peopler

pIn his early 30s Mridupaban Neog is believed to have been active for some time but police in Nagaon district came to know about his activities last week after a car dealer filed an FIR alleging he cheated him ofnbsp31 lakhsppldquoOur investigation against this person has been going in the right track and you will get positive results soonrdquo Assam director general of police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta told journalists on SundayppBased on the FIR lodged under several IPC Indian Penal Code sections for cheating criminal breach of trust impersonating public servant and criminal intimidation a joint team of Nagaon and Guwahati police raided Neogrsquos house in Guwahati on Saturday Though they recovered many incriminating documents and material the conman managed to give a slip to the police teamppBesides two luxury vehicles police found a 32 pistol 20 live rounds many letter pads in the name of the accused with the Government of India insignia several identity cards with different designations many bottles of expensive liquor gold jewellery worth several lakhs logo of a media house etcppldquoThis man is like the Hindi movie character Mr Natwarlal a fraud with different identities He finds rich and gullible people and tricks them into parting with large sums of money using different meansrdquo said Anand Kumar Mishra Nagaon superintendent of policeppldquoOnce people start asking him to return their money he threatens them by showing his so-called connections with top shots In the present case he tooknbsp31 lakhs from the complainant saying hersquos a senior ministry of home affairs official and needed to sell his Fortuner SUV as he needed the money urgentlyrdquo he addedppWhen Neog failed to deliver the vehicle after two months the complainant approached the police A little bit of digging up by the police revealed that Neog had duped several othersppldquoHe would pose with celebrities bureaucrats politicians and ministers and post those photos on social media claiming closeness to these persons Lot of people believed his claims and became victimsrdquo said MishrappldquoSometimes he would say hersquos a Central government official at other times he would say hersquos a civil servant from Assam He would also claim to be senior journalist if requiredrdquo he addedppNeog is reported to have studied till Class 10 A Twitter account in his name shows him shaking hands with governor of Assam Jagdish Mukhi HT couldnrsquot verify the authenticity of the account or the photo Police have arrested a private security guard employed by Neog and are questioning himppldquoLots of people in Assamrsquos corridors of power seemed to be aware of Neogrsquos activities But it is only now that some of those cheated by him have started coming forwardrdquo said MishrappOn Saturday the all women police station at Panbazar in Guwahati lodged another complaint against Neog following a complaint by a woman about receiving threatening calls from a phone number apparently belonging to Neogppnbspp