Bhadrak, Sept. 26 -- Bhadrak Rural Police have arrested a man impersonating as a police officer and seized uniforms, badges, and other objectionable items during a raid at a hotel in Bhadrak district.

The accused has been identified as Rahul Singh Ranawat, a resident of Jharkhand.

According to police, Ranawat had been visiting West Bengal, Assam, and Odisha over the past year, posing as a Railway Police officer and even a DSP. He was staying at a hotel under Bhadrak Rural police limits when a late-night raid was conducted on Thursday based on a tip-off.

During the raid, police seized 38 items from his possession, including a car, a fake gun, police uniforms of different states, railway police attire, badges, a baton, bank passbooks, AT...