MCD ‘mali’ held for posing as CMO officer, duping patients, hospitals

OFFICIALS SAID THE FORGED LETTER FROM THE ACCUSED HAD MISTAKES, VARYING FONT SIZES AND LACKED TEXT ALIGNMENT, RAISING DOUBTS

- Jignasa Sinha

A 27-year-old employed as a gardener at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in Karol Bagh has been arrested for allegedly cheating patients who could not afford treatment and private hospitals in Delhi by posing as a government officer at the chief minister’s office (CMO).

Police found that the suspect had made multiple calls posing as an officer from the MCD office where he worked and he also forged letters with the official letterhead, logos and signatures of the CMO.

The suspect, identified as Sonu, was arrested from Tagore Garden in west Delhi on Thursday and had been carrying out the fraud for at least the last five or six months. During the interrogation, the police learnt that, a few months ago, the suspect had found a letter from the chief minister's office at the MCD office's dak (post) section, which he used to forge blank letters with the official letterhead.