Man held for faking Goa CM’s fake FB profile, seeking money

Goa police’s cyber crime cell on Monday arrested a man who had allegedly created a fake Facebook account in the name of CM Pramod Sawant and sought money from his Facebook friends under the pretext of medical emergencies. In a joint operation supervised by SP, Mewat, in Haryana, Mohammed Sakir Husain, a resident of Mathura, was held in the western UP city.

Goa police worked together with police in both Mewat and Mathura to trap Husain, officers said. Police are investigating details of other victims of the accused, who was found with 200 SIM cards from different service providers, Goa police said in a statement.