Posed as Lok Sabha employee, promised ₹50,000 job: CBI arrests man on the run for 10 years
He was booked on July 13, 2009, for allegedly impersonating a Lok Sabha employee and promising the person employment in Parliament in exchange for money.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended Jitendra Pathak, a fugitive wanted for 10 years. Pathak is accused of assuming the role of a Lok Sabha employee and duping an individual out of ₹50,000 by offering a job at Parliament. This incident was recorded in 2009, and Pathak was officially declared a proclaimed offender on September 28, 2016.
The CBI conducted an operation in Ludhiana, Punjab, on August 19, 2019, leading to the arrest of Pathak. In a related case, police in Bihar's Khagaria district apprehended Manish Gupta, who had been posing as an IAS officer and was involved in fraudulent activities across Bihar. Gupta's arrest followed intelligence received about his illegal activities.
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