Class 8 dropout posing as GST official arrested in UP:

Class 8 dropout posing as GST official arrested in UP A man was arrested in the Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh for cheating several traders by posing as the 'joint commissioner' of GST department. The accused named Hiralal Yadav turned out to be a Class 8 dropout. The Police told that the accused was arrested after a trader in Biskohar Bazar noticed that Hiralal Yadav was unable to check the account books. The trader demanded Yadav to present his identity card and also notified the police, who arrived at the business and questioned Yadav before arresting him when he failed to show his credentials. Surya Prakash Singh, SHO of Trilokpur, stated, "A merchant saw Yadav who claimed to be a 'joint-commissioner' in the state GST department. Taking advantage of the GST department's recent raids, he obtained a fraudulent ID card with forged signatures in the names of genuine policemen after seeing their names on the Internet." First he reached to a footwear shop and checked the bills and after checking the bills he took Rs.4000 from the shop owner and leave him with a warning on Wednesday. Thereafter, he stop by a timber shop and took Rs.5000 from its owner. When the neighborhood shopkeepers came to know about this, some of them shut down their shops while others started to update their books of accounts. "Yadav then went to a supplier of auto components and demanded to view the account books. The manager, on the other hand, noted that Yadav was unable to check the figure and had little expertise of Tally software," the police officer explained. The Shopkeeper immediately informed his seniors who asked him to keep Yadav engaged. In due time, the members of traders association and other reached at shop and asked Hiralal Yadav to show his identity card. Yadav show them his ID Card and threatened them to sue in court and file a FIR for stopping a government employee from performing his duty. "Traders called UP 112 to verify Yadav's identity. "When we arrived, we asked Yadav to provide his ID card and afterwards shared the information with GST officials," the SHO added. "The GST officers informed us that Yadav was a phoney officer, and a FIR was filed against him," he continued. Yadav told authorities during interrogation that he was a Class 8 dropout who worked as a driver.