Police stated that Zoya Khan had used a server from Dubai for spoof calling. (News18 Uttar Pradesh)
Police stated that the accused, a failed UPSC candidate, posed as pretend IAS, IPS, and IFS officers, utilizing numerous techniques to impersonate senior authorities officers
The Higher Noida Police have arrested a girl recognized as Zoya Khan, for pressurizing law enforcement officials by impersonating as IAS, IPS or IFS officers. The accused lady used to threaten law enforcement officials and customary folks by means of spoof calls.
It has been reported that Khan had referred to as and threatened the SHO of Sector 142 police station of Noida a number of days in the past. She had pressurized the SHO to plead within the case in her favour by impersonating herself as a senior police officer.
In one other occasion, an individual named Abhishek Jain was referred to as from the variety of Anti Corruption Bureau and threatened. Khan threatened him that if he pleaded within the case, he can be implicated in a false case and despatched to jail.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shakti Mohan Awasthi stated that after the arrest, when the police took Zoya on remand and began their investigation, it was discovered that she had used a server from Dubai for spoof calling.
Name spoofing is a way during which one other individual’s quantity is misused with out their data. By way of spoofing expertise, the caller modifications the caller ID in order that it appears that evidently the decision is from a trusted quantity.
Khan had additionally misled many different law enforcement officials on a number of events. She used to speak in a male voice by means of the MagicCall app as effectively, the DCP stated.
Khan had additionally demanded police escort by posing as a pretend IAS or IPS in Noida, Gurugram and Meerut. Circumstances have been registered in opposition to her in any respect three locations.
Police stated that the accused had appeared for the UPSC examination earlier. After not getting chosen, she began threatening folks by posing as pretend IAS, IPS and IFS officers. She adopted numerous techniques to impersonate as senior authorities officers.
Throughout the police investigation, the identify of an IAS officer has additionally come up, which is being investigated. Zoya Khan is at present in police custody. She is being questioned in order that extra data may be extracted to resolve the case.