A routine vehicle checking drive in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow led cops to bust a fake IAS officer on Wednesday, September 3. When asked for identification, the accused, who posed as an IAS officer and was travelling in a high-end vehicle, presented a card which identified him as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. Although the officer accepted the ID, growing suspicion prompted him to do a thorough inspection, which exposed the so-called IAS officer's real identity. The fake IAS officer was identified as Saurav Tripathi (Saurabh Tripathi), a resident of Sarai Lakhansi in Mau district and presently living in Shalimar One World Society, Gomtinagar Extension, Lucknow. Cops said that the accused was impersonating a senior bureaucrat for a┬аlong time and even participated in official government programmes in several states by posing as a secretary or special secretary. The police recovered forged documents and several luxury vehicles with blue beacon lights from the fraudster.┬аRozgar Mahakumbh 2025: Lucknow Job Fair Sees Massive Crowd of Youth Seeking Employment, Videos Surface.

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