A woman IAS officer lodged a complaint against an anonymous person for allegedly harassing her by posing as a government official over WhatsApp. This was to extract confidential information from her, Delhi Police said on Thursday. The complaint was lodged in the national capital earlier this week.
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According to the Delhi Police, IAS officer Garima Gupta lodged her complaint two days ago alleging that someone threatened and harassed her after posing as a government official and also tried to extract confidential information about her department.
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The lodged FIR stated that when Gupta confronted the accused person by warning him of a police complaint, he replied that he was using a SIM card using false documents and hence even the police would not be able to trace him.
When he spoke to her, he impersonated a senior government official. He keeps changing his assumed name on WhatsApp so that he can impersonate someone else and cheat the person he calls, the FIR said.
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