Gift voucher scam: FIR lodged against person posing as Chandigarh DGP

With more people getting fraudulent WhatsApp messages from a person posing as Chandigarh DGP Praveer Ranjan, police lodged an FIR against the unidentified accused on Tuesday.

District attorney Rajinder Singh complained to the police that someone claiming to be DGP Ranjan contacted him via Whatsapp for Amazon gift vouchers. Sources said a female DSP in Chandigarh also received similar messages.

On Singh’s complaint, a case under Sections 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating ), 468 (forgery), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) and 511 (attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Sector 19 police station.