Jharkhand man arrested for impersonating IAS officer for seven years
Ranchi: A 35-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior IAS officer for nearly seven years has been arrested in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, police said.
The accused, identified as Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Kukhi village under the Haidernagar police station area, admitted during interrogation that he had falsely claimed to be a civil servant after repeatedly failing the UPSC Civil Services Examination, The New Indian Express reported on Tuesday.
According to Hussainabad Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) MD Yakub, Kumar told investigators that it was his father’s dream for him to become an IAS officer. “He attempted the UPSC examination four times but was unsuccessful. Following this, he lied to his father, family members, and relatives, claiming that he had become an Indian Posts and Telegraphs Accounts and Finance Service (IPTAFS) officer, and had been living as a fake officer for the past 6-7 years,” TNIE quoted Yakub as saying.
The fraud came to light on January 2, when Kumar visited the Hussainabad police station seeking to meet the station house officer over a land dispute involving a relative. He introduced himself as a 2014-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, claiming he was currently posted as a Chief Accounts Officer in Bhubaneswar.
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When questioned about his postings in Dehradun, Hyderabad, and Bhubaneswar, he gave contradictory statements and claimed to be an IPTAFS officer, equivalent to an IAS officer, before leaving the station.
Suspicious of his claims, the SDPO initiated a preliminary inquiry, which revealed that Kumar was neither an IAS nor an IPTAFS officer and had no record of employment in any government service.
When summoned for questioning, he failed to produce any valid documents, including appointment letters, identity cards, or departmental papers, and eventually confessed to impersonating an officer.
During a search of his person and vehicle, police recovered a fake identity card, a fake nameplate, and other suspicious materials, which were seized and sealed.
A case has been registered at Hussainabad Police Station under Sections 204 (tampering with evidence), 205 (Code of Criminal Procedure), 336(2) (punishments for forgery), 336(3) (Forgery for the purpose of cheating), 337 (using forged documents as genuine), 339 (Liability for Fraudulent Conduct), and 340(2) (Code of Criminal Procedure) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The accused has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody, police said.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
