Imposters posing as journalists arrested in Rawalpindi

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 12 November 2015

Two imposters posing as journalists were arrested in Rawalpindi for blackmailing a businessman. The police action comes after a formal complaint was lodged.

Summary

RAWALPINDI: Police have arrested two imposters posing as journalists who were blackmailing an importer of used clothes.

Khan Bahadur, lodged a complaint with the local police that Kashif-ul Haq and Syed Amir, claiming to be journalists, were blackmailing him and demanding Rs0.7 million while threatening him to publish stories about his business. The complainant after lodging the complaint called local journalists and the fake journalists at a location, where the police were already present.

As soon as Haq and Amir appeared, the police apprehended them. When asked to show their press cards, they failed to do so. They were shifted to a local police station where a case has been registered against them. Further investigation is under way. - Online

KEY POINTS:

• Imposters blackmailed a businessman for Rs0.7 million.
• Victim reported the imposters to the local police.
• Police arrested the suspects upon their arrival.
• The suspects failed to produce valid press credentials.
• A case has been registered against the imposters.