Delhi Police’s Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations Unit (IFSO) has been accused of creating a fake e-mail ID in the name of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and asking public sector companies (PSUs) to advertise for newspapers. The journalist has been arrested. officials said on Sunday.
According to DCP (IFSO) KPS Malhotra, the accused has been identified as Manoj Kumar Seth, 41, a resident of Bhubaneswar. The police received a complaint from Mr. Adityanath’s personal secretary in which he alleged that some unidentified person had created a fake e-mail ID which was allegedly shown to be that of the Chief Minister.
“In addition, the alleged person had sent emails and forged letters to PSUs including Power Grid Corporation of India, ONGC and GAIL India,” Mr Malhotra said. He said the accused had also attached scanned letters in which he had forged Mr Adityanath’s signature.
Following this, an FIR was registered and a team led by ACP Raman Lamba was formed to probe the matter. During investigation, the fake email ID was identified and its contents were analyzed to understand the purpose of the email, after which it was revealed that it was an English newspaper with a request to issue an advertisement in favor of ‘Breaking News’. Was.
“Similarly, fake emails and letters were sent to ONGC and GAIL for an advertisement in favor of ‘Top News’. The accused was identified after digital tracking through IP address but the location kept changing. Seth was eventually arrested from Bhubaneswar.
Police said Seth was a freelance journalist who had also published a fortnightly newspaper ‘Samaj Aina’ and had created fake emails and forged letters to seek advertising support in favor of local newspapers.
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