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 Dutta Colony and owner of AV Security Service in Model Town, that they could help secure a university tender in exchange for money. DSP Satish Vats said the case was registered following a complaint from Sharma, who alleged that he had been defrauded on the pretext of securing the Panjab University contract. Inspector Phool Kumar, in-charge of CIA-2, led the investigation and arrested Ahuja from his residence. During initial interrogation, Ahuja confessed to impersonating as DSP and defrauding Sharma. Police also discovered that Ahuja is named in another fraud case at Ram Nagar police station in Karnal, where he allegedly cheated a youth of Rs.12 lakh under the guise of facilitating travel abroad. The SP said a probe is on.htc...