Man impersonating as police officer held in J

Jammu, Jan 2 (UNI) A man impersonating as a police officer was held by the local residents in the city outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources here said today.

A man identified as Subhash Choudhary was nabbed by the locals yesterday evening in tehsil Akhnoor, while he imposed himself as an inspector in Police Department.

''The accused went to a petrol pump and after re-filling the fuel, he did not pay the bill and imposed as a police officer,'' sources told UNI asserting that when tried to escape, he was apprehended by the onlookers and was later handed over to the police.

Police has registered a case. Investigations was on.

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