MAN POSING AS LANKAN MISSION EMPLOYEE HELD

A 40-year-old man was arrested for posing as an employee of the Sri Lankan High Commission and using a Honda Civic car with high commission registration number in Farsh Bazar area of Shahdara on Wednesday. The police received information about a person impersonating as a Sri Lankan high commission employee and driving a car with the commission’s registration number, the police said. The vehicle was found parked inside Chitrakoot Apartment, east Arjun Nagar. A raid was conducted by a team, led by Sunil Sharma, SHO, Farsh Bazar, and one Nitin Malhotra was arrested. The Honda Civic car was also seized, they added. Initially, the accused Mr Malhotra introduced himself as an employee of the high commission. Mr Malhotra had purchased the car from a Sri Lankan minister, said deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Nupur Prasad. As per the documents seized, the registration number was cancelled on July 15 last year. Though a new registration number was issued, but the accused didn’t remove the earlier number plate to obtain the privileges available to the original owner.