A real-life Bollywood film Special 26-style drama unfolded in Delhi’s Rohini area, where a group of men posing as Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) officers allegedly tried to carry out a fake raid at a businessman’s residence before fleeing when his wife asked them to verify their identity and proudce a search warrant, officials said.
As the team did not move, local residents also became suspicious and gathered at the spot. They began to question the team and asked them to prove their identity and produce a search warrant or a copy of the notce authorising the raid. A police team reached at the scene and recorded the family’s statement. The message was subsequently deleted, but the family had already taken a screenshot and submitted it to the police as part of the complaint. The message was later deleted, but the family had already taken a screenshot of it and submitted the same to the police along with the complaint. The family alleged that the notice was forged and was intended to make the raid appear an authorised CBI operation.
Realising that something was amiss, the family informed the police through the emergency helpline number 112.
Around eight to ten people arrived at the house claiming to be officers of the CBI and sought to carry out a search operation, according to the family’s complaint filed with the police.
