Kolkata: An imposter with particulars Army No IC 78040 N Maj MS Chauhan, Unit 5 GR (FF) tried to enter through East Gate at approx 1:10PM. He came to Fort William in a BMW car driven by a chauffeur. At the gate on duty MP, when asked to prove his identity, he showed her I card on his mobile and when she asked him to enter his particulars in office in/out register, the imposter kept referring to his mobile phone while making entry. Suspecting him to be a dubious character, the MP immediately informed unit control room NCO who apprised the CO. A flying squad escorted the imposter to the MPCR.
At unit after questioning, it was learnt that imposter’s original name is Borada Sudheer R/O Vishakhapatnam (Mob No- 7660017600). He was sent to juvenile home in Orissa in September 2023 under IPC sec 420 and was released in February 2024. On night of 13 Feb he stayed at Hotel Pride in Cuttack where he duped the hotel of Rs 6393 , took a taxi from hotel and absconded.
He reached Howrah railway station travelling ticketless on 14 March and took a cab to the airport where he called the Hotel JW Marriot to send a cab and stayed at the hotel. He hired a BMW cab from hotel and infomed cab driver that he is an army officer and emp with President Body Guard.
Trusting him, cab driver asked him to get his daughter enrollment under defence quota in Jadhavpur university. He took both of them to university from where they were directed to approach Fort William for defence quota. When imposter tried to enter he was caught.
Imposter was found to be a habitual offender for forgery and cheating where he made false digtal transactions at various luxury hotels, shops etc. His modus operandi was making payments through BHIM app, and after initial confirmation he used to edit same leading to a failed transaction. He was handed over to Maidan police station on 15 Mar at approx 10:30PM.
JW Marriott hotel manager searched his room and no personal belongings or documents were found in his possession. The hotel admission both at Cuttack and Kolkata were made using identity of Constable Sunil Kumar of Hyderabad State Police. The imposter claims to be 24 yrs old enrolled in B Tech but is probably a Juvenile since he was lodged in a Juvenile jail from Sep 23 to Feb 24.