It seems cheats can resort to any tactic, when it comes to swindling money, even if it means impersonating the Commissioner of Police. This is how a man recently cheated a social worker of Rs 2 lakh, on the pretext of helping her get an arms licence.

 
It wasn’t the commissioner: Ashish Upadhyay, alias Samrat, who cheated the social worker. Cops say he used a software that flashed the CP’s office number when he called. File pic