India, Nov. 28 -- A case of alleged high-level impersonation has assumed an international dimension, with the Sambhajinagar police informing a local court that a woman arrested for posing as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer had been in communication with an individual in Islamabad, Pakistan, and maintained close contact with an Afghan national living in India.

Kalpana Trimbakrao Bhagwat, 45, a former senior assistant at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU), was arrested on Sunday for allegedly forging identity documents, fabricating an IAS appointment letter, and staying for nearly six months at a star hotel using a tampered Aadhar card.

Investigators said that Bhagwat was in frequent touch with Islamabad-bas...