Man Arrested In Pune For Posing As PMO Official

The Crime Branch of the Pune Police has arrested a man who posed as an Indian Administrative (IAS) officer posted with the Prime Minister's Office. The 54-year old impersonator was caught after he attended a programme organised by a charitable trust in Aundh earlier this week.

The arrested man has been identified as Vasudev Nivrutti Tayde. He had posed as Dr Vinay Deo posted as a Deputy Secretary with PMO and claimed he was involved in work related to intelligence.

Pune city police officers said that the Borderless World Foundation had organised a function where an ambulance was to be sent to Jammu and Kashmir as part of a charitable initiative.

The man is said to have introduced himself as an IAS officer working in the PMO, but one of the trustees noticed some discrepancies in his claims.

After a team of from Unit 1 of the Crime Branch, launched a probe, they located the man and detained him for questioning. Tayde is a resident of Talegaon Dabhade.

He is sid to have made multiple attempts at clearing the Union Public Service Commission exam in the past.

He has been involved in a similar offence in 2000. He had left Dhule after being booked for an offence of impersonation. At that time, he had impersonated as a government official.

Tayde has been booked under the Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to cheating and impersonation. A probe into the matter is underway.