UP DGP becomes victim of caller ID spoofing, con hauls up officers

The Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police DS Chauhan has become a victim of call spoofing trick where an unidentified person posed as DGP and called up the police officials.

The police are now trying to trace the offender.

According to police sources, the unknown caller dialled two police station in-charges under the Kanpur police Commissionerate and collected information about a case while seeking favours.

The police apprehended that the unknown caller had made calls to several other police officers as well as administrative officials, using the same trick.