Srinagar, June 10: Jammu and Kashmir Police apprehended a suspect involved in impersonation and masquerading as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) CI Kashmir, an official said on Tuesday.
The official said that CI Kashmir received a credible input suggesting that one individual namely Barkat Ali Parray @ BK, S/O Ghulam Mohammad Parray R/O Gundhassi Bhat, Sheltang, Srinagar is indulging in impersonation, using the photograph of SSP CI Kashmir on his WhatsApp as profile picture and threatening people.
He said that following the digital footprints, CI Kashmir apprehended the suspect at Jahangir Chowk, Srinagar on 09.06.2025 and on casual inspection of his mobile device; the suspect was found using the profile picture of SSP CI Kashmir on his WhatsApp account linked to mobile number 60xxxx7711, subscribed in the name of said suspect.
During preliminary verification, it was found that the suspect has downloaded the photograph of SSP CID CI Kashmir from the internet and has put it as his WhatsApp profile picture with the intent to falsely portray himself as a police officer, he said.
The further verification revealed that the suspect has been involved in online gambling, including platforms such as ‘Aviator’, ‘777’ etc. for the past one year and had made some advance payment on the ‘777 Gambling Platform’. When quizzed, it came to surface that the suspect has misused the profile picture of SSP CI Kashmir, and threatened the Organizers of ‘777 Gambling Platform’ seeking refund of his advance payment, the official said.
Further verification and analysis of his digital device is in progress to ascertain whether the suspect has any involvement in other anti-social and anti-national activities, he added.
Police appealed to general public especially youth of Kashmir valley not to fall prey to any online gambling Apps/platforms, as such gambling Apps are mostly used as a tool to dupe gullible youth and compel them to indulge in anti-social and anti-national activities. (KINS)
Man held for impersonating SSP CIK
