Two brothers detained after impersonating police officers to rob man at JK Samba

Two brothers were arrested for allegedly injuring and robbing a man by impersonating policemen in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

Samba senior police officer Vinay Kumar Sharma said the accused Bachan Lal and Lovely Kumar are residents of Smailpur , they allegedly stopped the man and asked him to accompany them to the police station in Bari Brahmana area to conduct an “investigation” into the case. He said the victim became suspicious of the true identity of the gangsters who allegedly attacked him with sharp weapons and fled the scene after robbing him.

The officer said police arrested the accused within three hours of the crime and seized two knives, a police and army jacket and a police cap allegedly used in the crime. He said the arrested accused were hardcore criminals and whether they had been involved in any other such incidents in the past was yet to be investigated. The police officer said that the police have opened a case in accordance with relevant legal provisions and are conducting further investigations.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from associated news agency – PTI)

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