ISLAMABAD: A man has been arrested in Islamabad for impersonating a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officer and taking money and promising to provide them jobs.
The suspect identified as Afaq Ahmed, a resident of Nowshera, was arrested by the FIA Anti-Corruption Wing after a complaint was registered against him on January 13.
He was pretending to be employed as an assistant director at the FIA . He was accused of taking Rs1.5 million from a person and promising to get him a job at the Intelligence Bureau. The suspect also gave a fake appointment letter to the complainant.
The FIA has seized fake appointment letters, money and a laptop. The suspect has been remanded into custody for four days and further investigation is underway. In convicted, he can be sent to imprisoned for a maximum of seven years for impersonating public officers.
The FIA said Ahmed was working “in connivance of his father Iftikhar Ahmed extorted Rs. 1,500,000 from the complainant.” They even provided “fake/bogus letters purportedly issued from Ministry of Interior, GHQ Rawalpindi, FIA Counter Terrorism Wing, Intelligence Bureau etc.”
He has been charged under sections 109 (punishment of abetment), 170 (impersonating a public servant), 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 466 (forgery of record of court or of public register), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document), 472 (making or possessing counterfeit seal with intent to commit forgery punishable) and 473 (making or possessing counterfeit seal with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
