Man held for impersonating vice-president of India on WhatsApp

A 22-year-old man has been arrested by Delhi Police’s IFSO unit for allegedly impersonating the vice-president of India and seeking favours from bureaucrats through WhatsApp.

Police said Monday that Gagandeep Singh, who had lived in Italy since 2007, created a fake WhatsApp account using a photo of the vice-president of India and sent messages to senior government officials seeking favours. Another accused, identified as Ashwani Kumar, was arrested for allegedly providing an OTP for the WhatsApp account to Gagandeep.

DCP (Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations) Prashant Gautam said the case was registered after police got information about the impersonation fraud,