MP: Young man booked for posing as IAF officer, days after getting warm welcome on his 'recruitment'
The Hindu
The defence force has made it clear that it has not inducted him.
Days after a young man received a rousing welcome in Harda town of Madhya Pradesh, after he claimed that he has been recruited as an officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF), the local police have registered a case against him as the defence force has made it clear that it has not inducted him, an official said on Saturday.
The young man, identified as Pinkesh Kaithwas, a resident of Piliya Khal, was booked on Friday under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 419 (cheating by personation) and 171 (wearing garb or carrying a token used by a public servant with fraudulent intent) and a search for him was underway, Harda's Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Gajendra Singh Vardhman said.
Kaithwas had received a warm welcome in Harda town and accolades by some local leaders and prominent citizens on October 3 after his claim of being recruited into the IAF. A welcome procession was taken out for the uniform-clad young man. However, his claim turned out to be false after the IAF denied that he has been inducted, police said.