Hyderabad, May 24 -- A 30-year-old man posing as a forest officer in Hyderabad was arrested on Saturday, May 24. Police recovered Rs 5.45 lakh from him.

Police seized a vehicle, a fake ID of a forest beat officer, uniforms and two mobile phones from the accused.

Konakanchi Kiran Kumar, a resident of Yousufguda and a native of Khammam district, was arrested by the West Zone Task Force in coordination with the Musheerabad police.

During interrogation, Kumar confessed to impersonating a Forest Department Beat Officer and a police constable. He was caught patrolling public areas in a police uniform, riding a Hero Glamour motorcycle marked with the word "POLICE" and fitted with a siren, misleading the public by creating a false impression o...