Teen nabbed for posing as sales tax officer

BHAYANDAR: A teenager landed into the police net on alleged charges of posing as a personnel from the sales tax department in Vasai. According to the FIR registered with the Tulinj police station attached to the Mira BhayandarVasai Virar (MBVV) police commissionerate, the impersonator approached a mobile repairing shop at Bhabola Naka area of Vasai (west) on Monday and introduced himself as an officer from the sales tax department. The imposter demanded GST registration number and the sales register for inspection. Sensing something fishy, the shop-owner asked for his identity card to which the imposter flashed a card belonging to some other person. Suspecting the authenticity of his credentials, the shop owner engaged him in conversation and quietly alerted the MBMC police control room. A team from the Tulinj police station reached the spot and conducted preliminar y investigations, following which the teenager (aged 17 years and 11 months) was booked under section 170 of the IPC.