Man posing as serving Indian Army officer, duping people for Army recruitment, arrested in Mangaluru
Army Intelligence carried the operation jointly with local police
Mangaluru: Military Intelligence Unit in a joint operation with Mangaluru Police on Sunday arrested one person for allegedly cheating people by claiming to be a Junior Commissioned Officer in Indian Army.
The arrested accused has been identified as Manjunath Reddy, who was staying in his rented house at Lord Krishna Estate in Surathkal.
According to an official press release issued after Reddy’s arrest “Items related to Army uniform, used by imposter to pose as serving Indian Army Soldier including scanned fake Indian Army Identity Card, Fake Indian Army Dependent card and fake Indian Army rubber stamps were recovered from the house of imposter”.
The press statement added that the initial investigation into the matter revealed Reddy was earlier working inside “Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre, Belgau” campus as a civilian employee from where he purchased all the Army dress. Reddy has also said that he posed as Army Junior Commissioned Officer of the rank of naib subedar/subedar/subedar major and organised various public events like felicitation ceremonies for retired and families of martyred Army personnel. Through which he gained trust of people and later promised them of getting job in the Indian Army to serve as Soldier by taking money from them.
Reddy has reportedly duped various individuals and families of lakhs of rupees in the name of recruiting them in Indian Army. The Army Intelligence and Police team investigating the matter suspects a huge fake recruitment racket being run by fraudulent agents/imposters to make money. The team also suspects that Reddy will not be the lone member of the nexus and may have people from inside Army especially from Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre, Belgaum who might assist/guide the imposter in carrying such activities.
The army intelligence team was led by Major Swathi Srivalli Dharwadkar along with Mangaluru North Subdivision ACP. Further investigations into the matter are underway.
The press statement also warned people from being scammed by such imposters and added that Army selection is not done by means of paying money and no Army personnel will ask for money to provide direct recruitment order. It also urged people to use right channel for Army recruitment which is only by registering online on www.joinindianarmy.gov.in
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
