New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a complaint with Delhi Police alleging that an unidentified man impersonated one of its senior officers and tried to obtain details of an ongoing GST evasion probe linked to an alleged Rs 4,600-crore online gaming scam.According to the complaint, an officer of the additional director rank brought to the agency’s notice an incident involving impersonation in his name and an attempt to gather sensitive information related to the investigation.Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) of Ghaziabad Regional Unit is probing the case. The ED officer stated that on May 19, an unidentified person called a senior investigating officer of DGGI and fraudulently introduced himself as an additional director of ED.The impersonator had sought details of the investigation, including information about the accused persons and the action taken against them. The officer clarified that he had made no such call, had no connection with the mobile number used, and had never sought any information from DGGI regarding the case.ED said the call was clearly made by an impersonator to extract sensitive law enforcement information from another investigating agency.On checking the caller’s identity through a mobile application, officers found that the person had identified himself as a joint director of enforcement and falsely displayed the ED headquarters on APJ Abdul Kalam Road as his address.Further verification of his WhatsApp profile revealed that the caller had used the name ‘Vinay‘ and displayed ED’s official logo as his profile picture. The agency suspects that this may not have been an isolated attempt and fears the officer’s identity may have been misused for other illegal activities as well.ED has urged police to immediately identify the subscriber and owner of the mobile number, trace him through call detail records and tower location data, and investigate whether the impersonation was aimed at sabotaging the probe, benefiting the accused or serving any other criminal purpose.Delhi Police has registered a case under sections 204 (personating a public servant), 319 (cheating by personation) and 62 (attempt to commit offences) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
