TNN | Jun 12, 2016, 12.12 AM IST
New Delhi: For engineering graduate Mukesh Shaw, changing job and donning new designations were the easiest of things. He first became a senior engineer with BHEL, then a CBI officer on deputation and finally chose to become an assistant director (IAS officer) with the ministry of home affairs.
Shaw's neighbours from his east Delhi colony said he would often travel in a Ciaz with a red beacon. Even a PSO could be seen accompanying him, they added.
However, his "joyride" came to an abrupt end last week when the crime branch raided his house and arrested him on charges of impersonation, cheating and forgery.
Originally from Odisha, Shaw (40) had allegedly duped many youths of crores of rupees on the pretext of offering them jobs with BHEL and CBI. He managed to remain elusive for some time but cops were on his trail when he chose to con a high-value target.
Joint commissioner (crime) Ravindra Yadav said that Shaw had duped a Delhi-based businessman of Rs 85 lakh on the pretext of getting him central government contracts as well as projects from private power companies. "Shaw, a qualified mechanical engineer, has been found involved in several cheating cases in Delhi, West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. He was earlier arrested in Kolkata," Yadav added.
Shaw's sedan purportedly had "Govt of India" inscribed on it. There was also a fake sticker of MHA pasted on its windshield.
While the car has been impounded, forged ID cards and agreement papers of power companies were seized from him, said the police. DCP (crime) Bhisham Singh said that Shaw used to meet his "clients" at prominent hotels across India.