17 May,2010 09:23 AM IST | | Debarati Palit
Impostor arrested after he called up top cop, others, and said he could help them get promotions Amit Jaganath Kamle, who posed as RR Patil's secretary and tried to fool officials.
The Hadapsar police arrested a conman posing as Nationalist Congress Party leader R R Patil's secretary on Friday.
Amit Jaganath Kamle (24) was arrested by Police Inspector Bhandari Nath Mandre of Hadapsar police station and his team from Deccan.
Kamle even called Police Commissioner Dr Satya Pal Singh, his personal assistant and many other officials from his office posing as Patil's secretary.
Tall claims
"Couple of times I had received his calls and I blasted him. But this man called me and spoke on big issues," said Singh. "He had even called my PA and many other officials claiming that he is capable enough to help them."
Kamle made the calls from a mobile SIM card under the name of Achyut Jadhav, who runs a travel agency.
Smooth operator
Kamle had tricked Jadhav three months ago while travelling in his taxi.
He had assured Jadhav that he holds a high post in the Mantralaya. On the pretext of confirming a post for him at the municipal office, Kamle took Jadhav's driving licence, ration card and three passport size photographs.
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"It was after Kamle received the documents from Jadhav that he applied for a new mobile card with the documents," said investigation officer Mandre.
He even assured many officials from Commissioner's office that because of his connection with R R Patil, he was capable of promoting them to a higher post.
A team was set to investigate the case and during the investigation Mandre adds that they found that the mobile connection did not belong to Jadhav.
"We checked the mobile connection address and found that it belonged to someone called Achut Jadhav who was a resident of Hadapsar," said Mandre.
"During the questioning, Jadhav informed us that he had given his personal details to some Amit Kamle three months ago."
The police located the mobile connection and got a sketch done by a friend of Kamle's. Kamle was booked under section 420 and is in police custody till May 20.
