On Friday, Madhya Pradesh police arrested a youth who claimed to be an employee of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA and seized an identity card that had forged signature of US President Barack Obama.
As per a report that Ansar Khan( 20) from Kamlapur had told people in his town that he has been hired in Space and Food Research Department of NASA and would receive an annual salary of Rs 1.85 crore.
A primary school in Kamlapur felicitated Ansar Khan during the Independence Day function attended by local politicians. His fraud was busted after he went to meet Dewas superintendent of police Shashikant Shukla to invite him for the event.
SP Shashikant Shukla grew suspicious when he noticed the identity card hung around the neck of Khan and asked his officers to verify the claims of the youth, who is a class 12 pass out.
The investigation revealed that Ansar Khan had the identity card printed from a photo studio. Khan had also borrowed money from several people, saying that he would return the loan soon after receiving his salary from NASA.
Police Officer – B S Gaure said that our SP got suspicious after seeing his identity card and we started our investigation. He had even taken money from people for going to abroad.
Gaure said that the photo studio owner told the police that Khan did not have a passport and he kept on postponing his date of going to the US.
According to the reports that Ansar Khan has been booked under the fraud and forgery case.
