Karnal, June 26 -- Panipat police have arrested a man for allegedly posing as a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and duping a local security agency operator of Rs.11.46 lakh by promising a tender for security services at Panjab University. The accused also falsely claimed that his wife worked as an officer at the Punjab and Haryana high court.

The arrested man has been identified as Sumit Ahuja, a resident of 8 Marla area in Panipat, superintendent of police (SP) Bhupender Singh said on Wednesday.

According to police, Ahuja posed as a DSP with the investigation bureau in Panchkula and introduced his wife, Tanveer Sandhu, as a high court officer. The duo allegedly used these false identities to convince Amit Sharma, a resident of Du...