Mumbai: 27-year-old dupes shopkeeper posing as FDA official

A man, who posed as a government official and conned people, was arrested by police. His woman associate, however, was arrested.

A 27-year-old man who allegedly used to con people by posing as a Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration official has been arrested while his woman associate is on the run, police said on Monday. Rahul Sarate had called a chemist shop posing as an FDA official and had told the owner that a woman named Surekha Patil had complained that she was sold an edible item past its expiry date, an official said. ALSO READ: Mumbai businessman receives extortion calls from D-gang, probe on