UP police arrest man who posed as IAS officer after failing civil service exams twice
Lucknow: An Engineering graduate from Mau district who posed as an IAS officer after having failed the UPSC examination twice was arrested by the Wazirganj Police on Wednesday.
The arrested, identified as Saurabh Tripathi, is said to currently reside at Shalimar OneWorld apartments in the Gomtinagar Extension.
The police, who caught Tripathi during a vehicle check near Kargil Park, have said that Tripathi claimed to be a government officer and also showed them a forged ID card as well as visiting card. In addition, he tried to intimidate the policed by mentioning the names of senior IAS officers.
A search of his residence, however, revealed him to have six luxury vehicles fitted with red-blue beacons and forged number plates and also carrying fake secretariat passes.
The vehicles have been seized by the police, who also found and confiscated a laptop, forged documents, IDs, Aadhaar cards, driving licences, beacon lights, cash up to Rs 11,097, debit cards and visiting cards of multiple designations that they found at Tripathi’s house. In addition, the arrested man was found to have created a fake NIC email ID to support his masquerade.
The police have said that, posing as a government officer, Tripathi used to attend official events and also posed for photographs with senior officers in order to strengthen his credibility.
A case has been filed at the Wazirganj Police Station, further investigation is on.
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KKR defeat LSG via Super Over
Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
