India, Dec. 13 -- The Delhi Police on Thursday registered a case of cheating by personation and forgery against an unknown individual for allegedly impersonating Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva using his profile photograph, and trying to seek favours from the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

The FIR was registered at the cyber police station of central district under sections 319 and 336 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita on the complaint of Brijesh Rai from Sachdeva's office.

In the complaint, Rai alleged that an unidentified person created a fake identity under the name 'Birender Sachdeva' and used the Delhi BJP chief's photograph on a social media platform. The imposter then contacted the office of the Uttar Pradesh deputy C...