Hyderabad: A man impersonating as a Colonel posted in an intelligence agency was arrested during snap checking by the Cantt police here on Friday.The police spokesman informed that the Cantt police spotted a suspicious car, having black tinted glasses and a government number plate, and stopped its driver for checking near Tambura Chowk, adjacent to Radio Pakistan.He added that the car’s driver introduced himself as Col Kaisar Tahir who worked for an intelligence agency.He later showed his service card and his National Identity Card which made the police more suspicious about his actual identity.
According to the spokesman, the police immediately noticed a difference of names on both the cards after which further investigation was started.He told that it later turned out that the person’s real name was Muhammad Azeem Jadoon and the number plate affixed on the car, GPA 5149, was also fake.He claimed that the police recovered 2 fake service cards, a pistol, a walkie talkie set and 2 mobile phones from Jadoon.The Cantt police booked Jadoon in 2 FIRs, lodged on the state’s complaint, under sections 170, 171, 420, 468 and 471 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and section 23-A of Sindh Arms Act.