Nagpur: Sonegaon Police nabbed a male nurse from Madhya Pradesh for creating a bogus Instagram account in the name of Director and Chief Executive Officer of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Nagpur Maj Gen Dr Vibha Dutta.
The accused was identified as Avinash alias David Shailendra Gir (30), a resident of Lakhnadon, Seoni, MP. A police official said that Gir had created bogus account in the name of Dutta. On pretext of giving jobs in AIIMS, Gir was demanding money to the Instagram users. David, who was once duped as a job seeker, had created the account to earn fast money by tricking aspiring job seekers looking for an opportunity in AIIMS Nagpur.
The Sonegaon police team trapped David in Seoni after the cyber team tracked his location. Police said David was duped on the pretext of a job as a male nurse at AIIMS Bhopal a couple of years back. He had hatched the latest plot to recover his cash from others by duping them by offering jobs at AIIMS Nagpur posing as its Director. David had collected images of Dr Dutta from AIIMS website to use them for the fake account. He had been also masquerading as Dr Dutta to chat with others.
Sonegaon Police had registered a case on the basis of a complaint received from Dutta. Under the guidance of DCP (Zone I) Lohit Matani, Sr PI Dilip Sagar, PSI Madhav Shinde, ASI Pramod Mohite and staff including Rajesh Masram, Nitin Bawne and Ashwin Chaudhary tracked Gir and arrested him on Monday. The police produced him in court and obtained his custody till December 23.
