Fake Army Brigadier With Air Pistol, NSG Cover Arrested In UP

Shahjahanpur: In a plot straight out of a Bollywood con-movie, a 21-year-old NEET aspirant who failed to make the cut as an Army doctor decided to skip the hard work entirely and simply appoint himself an Army Brigadier instead. For weeks, Aryan Verma smoothly navigated the streets of Shahjahanpur and surrounding districts in Uttar Pradesh, soaking up the respect due to a top-ranking military commander. He didn’t just wear the ceremonial uniform; he travelled in a luxury Tata Harrier SUV complete with an Army Headquarters flag, an officer-level one-star registration plate, and a personal security detail of two hired bouncers he proudly introduced as his “National Security Guard (NSG) commandos.”

A formal case has been registered against the accused at the Sadar Bazar police station, and a comprehensive investigation is currently underway.

A search of the suspect exposed the bizarrely thorough depth of his multi-layered fraud. Apart from the modified vehicle, authorities recovered a forged military identity card, a fake air pistol, a peak cap (the official ceremonial peaked hat worn by military officers), and distinct insignia related to the Army Medical Corps (AMC).

Interestingly, the young conman also carried a stethoscope, fake visiting cards, multiple ATM cards, a mobile phone, and an identity card bearing a forged seal of the Dean of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) to support his medical backstory.