By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: STF cracked a case of Thuggery/ Cheating/ impersonation and arrested one Kishore Kumar Mishra, Self-proclaimed RTI Activist with fake ID of I & PR Department Government of Odisha. He is MA in political science with good command over language including English.
He is a resident of Berhampur but has been living in koraput for many years. This refers to STF case no 15/2023. This case was initially registered at Koraput Town PS vide case no- 122/2023, 419/420/465/468/470/471/34 IPC, Dated 25.04.2023.
Later the investigation was taken over by STF. Fake Id card and many other incriminating documents were seized from him. Kishore used to cheat/ extort people claiming to be RTI activist and also fooling people that he has close proximity with senior officers and can get them crusher license, liquor license, transfer/posting etc. People were fooled by him since around 2-3years.
Bank accounts of Kishore shows credit of more than Rs 2 Crore in last 2- 3 years with lots of Cash deposits. Initial investigation suggests that Kishore is a member of a larger group indulging in Thuggery/ Cheating/ impersonation. It was also noticed that this group uses some mule bank accounts including some accounts of dead persons. They trick people by saving their numbers as some senior officers and when people verify it on ‘True-caller” they start trusting them as genuine. Further investigation is on.
