VARANASI, Dec. 22 -- A man was arrested for allegedly impersonating as a police sub-inspector and fraudulently marrying a woman and demanding hefty dowry, in Nizamabad area of Azamgarh, police said.

The accused was identified as Pradeep Yadav, 28, a resident of village Madna under Ahraula police station. A sub-inspector's uniform, a fake identity card, a fake appointment/joining letter, and a large number of forged documents were recovered from him after he was nabbed on Saturday.

Circle officer Astha Jaiswal said that a woman, resident of Mithanpur Hadi Ali under Nizamabad police station had filed a complaint alleging that the accused, Pradeep Yadav, had married her on February 16, 2022, claiming to be a PAC constable/sub-inspector, an...