Jatav was intercepted in Makoda village located near the Tekanpur BSF Academy, under the Bilaua police station limits, an official said. He hails from Khidarpur village in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh.
“Police on Sunday questioned Jatav who was clad in the BSF uniform. He failed to produce any identity card. He tried to mislead the police by claiming that the uniform belonged to his brother,” said Bilaua police station officer Ila Tandon.
Jatav revealed that he started wearing BSF uniform after he failed to crack the BSF recruitment exam held in 2022. He used to pose as a jawan of the paramilitary force even in front of his family, Tandon added.
He was arrested under section 205 (Wearing or carrying a public servant’s garb or token with fraudulent intent) of the BNS.
Police are interrogating how Jatav sourced the BSF uniform and whether he has cheated any individual. PTI COR ADU NSK