NOIDA: An employee of a news channel allegedly impersonated as a personal assistant to the Prime Minister’s private secretary to get a job in a Noida-based private news channel.
Noida Sector 20 Police has arrested the accused India Verma first contacted the CEO of the news channel via email and later via WhatsApp and voice calls, asking him to help him get the job.
It was later found that Bharat, who was associated with a media house, was unhappy with the pay cut announced by his office in the time of covid and wanted to work with a big brand.
According to the police, the CEO reported the incident to the Noida Police and the accused was later arrested as it was found that he had used the picture of the PM’s original PS. Vivek Kumar When contacting your channel.
phone and Sim The card used by the accused has been recovered.
DCP (Noida) Rajesh S said that a complaint was received from the CEO of a private news channel in Noida that a person has sent him an email saying that PM’s private secretary will talk to him. The accused impersonated as Abhijeet, personal assistant to PM Narendra Modi’s PS through WhatsApp chats and SMS and voice calls between June 18 and 22.
“Next day, a person claiming to be the PM’s PS called and claimed that a person named Bharat Verma should be given a job in the channel and was sending his resume. He wrote a message on WhatsApp to the CEO. When he reached the interview, the staff had some doubts and it was found that Bharat Sharma impersonated through the message,” he said.
It was found that Bharat collected information about employees close to the PM using research.
“His Twitter handle and WhatsApp were checked. He worked at a desk in a media house and used this tactic to get a better job. So far, it looks like he hasn’t contacted anyone else. Presently, due to the time of Covid, his current place of employment has taken a pay cut and he wanted to work for a big brand,” he said.
“He did the research and thought that if he used the higher approach, he would get the job easily,” the DCP said.
Two mobile phones and two SIM cards have been recovered from Bharat.
Bharat Sharma, a resident of Bahadurgarh, Haryana, lives in Gaur City Avenue.
One FIR A case has been registered against him under sections 419 and 170 of IPC.
Bharat had worked as a sales manager in a private company in 2012 but later joined a big news channel.
Noida Sector 20 Police has arrested the accused India Verma first contacted the CEO of the news channel via email and later via WhatsApp and voice calls, asking him to help him get the job.
It was later found that Bharat, who was associated with a media house, was unhappy with the pay cut announced by his office in the time of covid and wanted to work with a big brand.
According to the police, the CEO reported the incident to the Noida Police and the accused was later arrested as it was found that he had used the picture of the PM’s original PS. Vivek Kumar When contacting your channel.
phone and Sim The card used by the accused has been recovered.
DCP (Noida) Rajesh S said that a complaint was received from the CEO of a private news channel in Noida that a person has sent him an email saying that PM’s private secretary will talk to him. The accused impersonated as Abhijeet, personal assistant to PM Narendra Modi’s PS through WhatsApp chats and SMS and voice calls between June 18 and 22.
“Next day, a person claiming to be the PM’s PS called and claimed that a person named Bharat Verma should be given a job in the channel and was sending his resume. He wrote a message on WhatsApp to the CEO. When he reached the interview, the staff had some doubts and it was found that Bharat Sharma impersonated through the message,” he said.
It was found that Bharat collected information about employees close to the PM using research.
“His Twitter handle and WhatsApp were checked. He worked at a desk in a media house and used this tactic to get a better job. So far, it looks like he hasn’t contacted anyone else. Presently, due to the time of Covid, his current place of employment has taken a pay cut and he wanted to work for a big brand,” he said.
“He did the research and thought that if he used the higher approach, he would get the job easily,” the DCP said.
Two mobile phones and two SIM cards have been recovered from Bharat.
Bharat Sharma, a resident of Bahadurgarh, Haryana, lives in Gaur City Avenue.
One FIR A case has been registered against him under sections 419 and 170 of IPC.
Bharat had worked as a sales manager in a private company in 2012 but later joined a big news channel.
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