Man arrested for posing as army major in Karachi

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Close-up. Arrested man handcuffed hands at the back

KARACHI: Sindh Rangers on Friday claimed to have arrested a man posing as an army officer in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi.

Muhammad Rafiq, when stopped by the Sindh Rangers for routine checking, introduced himself as Major Ali affiliated with an intelligence agency. However, when he failed to provide any proof of his affiliation, the Rangers went ahead with the routine car check.

The Rangers recovered an illegal 9mm pistol, narcotics and fake property papers during the inspection of his car.

The man was immediately arrested.

According to the initial investigation, the imposter used to extort money from people and was also involved in land grabbing.

Two of his accomplices, Ghulam Fareed and Ali Hasan have also been taken into custody.