India News | Kerala Cop Suspended for Impersonating ED Official, Stealing Rs 30 Lakh

Thrissur (Kerala), Feb 17 (PTI) The Kerala Police suspended an Assistant sub-inspector on Monday after their Karnataka counterpart arrested him for allegedly impersonating an Enforcement Directorate official and robbing a businessman.

Assistant sub-inspector Shaheer Babu, 49, of the Kodungalloor Police Station in north Kerala's Thrissur district has been suspended by the Thrissur Rural Police Chief, pending an inquiry, police said.

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Karnataka police arrested Babu and three others on Sunday in connection with a robbery that occurred in January this year.

According to police, the accused posed as an Enforcement Directorate officer, searched a businessman's house in Mangaluru in Karnataka using a fake warrant, and fled with Rs 30 lakh.

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Babu, identified as the mastermind behind the operation, is the prime accused in the case, police added.

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