Palamu, Jan. 7 -- A man posing as a senior government officer was arrested by police in Jharkhand's Palamu district for allegedly impersonating an IAS and IP&TAFS officer and misusing the authority of a public post to influence a land dispute. The incident came to light on January 2, 2026, at the Husainabad police station.

According to a Police statement, the accused visited the police station around 4 PM to lobby for a relative in a land-related dispute. He introduced himself as Rajesh Kumar, claiming to be a 2014-batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, currently posted as Chief Accounts Officer (CAO) in Bhubaneswar. During questioning, he stated that he had previously served in Dehradun, Hyderabad and Bhubaneshwar, raising suspicion among poli...