A criminal gang in India ran a fake police station for a full 8 months in the city of Banka in the Indian state of Bihar, the most exciting in the suspicious incident in India, that the gangmen turned a local hotel into a fake police station located 500 yards (457 meters) from the real police station, according to The “Daily Mail” reported, the six-man gang, who wore fake police uniforms and weapons, were taking bribes from local residents under the pretext of facilitating their access to social housing and jobs for people and a promise to solve criminal cases.
The Indian gangsters were receiving bribes ranging from one to 10 pounds (22.66: 226.60 Egyptian pounds), according to the British newspaper, the Daily Mail.
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And the Indian police forces arrested the gang that impersonated an entire police station when a real police officer discovered them as soon as he saw one of them not carrying a pistol with the same specifications as the real police station’s weapons.
Shambhu Yadav, the real Pancha police station chief, said he stopped Anita Devi Murmo, 25, and her colleague Akash Kumar Manji, 27, as they were returning to the hotel from the site of a shopping mall.
The real head of the police station added that the two gang members were harassing shopkeepers at the government-funded site as he asked them to report to the local police station to allocate property.
When confronted by them, the gang members confessed the whole truth and the fake police station was raided and 3 other people were arrested, they are: Ramesh Kumar, Wakeel Kumar and Julie Kumari Manji.
The search for the sixth suspect and suspected gang leader, Paula Yadav, is still underway.
The arrested gang members denied any legal wrongdoing, saying they believed they had actual jobs in the police force, but they were found with 40 election cards used to apply for development programs, and 500 applications for social housing.
A real police officer told local media that this was the first time he had appeared in fake cops or an entire police station.
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