Member of Uttar Pradesh Minority Commission Afzal Chaudhary arrested

Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna told the media that Chaudhary would at times u00e2u0080u009cpull upu00e2u0080u009d the officer and also District Magistrate Ritu Maheshwari on telephone pretending to be former Union Finance Minister

Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Minority Commission member Afzal Chaudhary, sacked on Thursday by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, was arrested on Friday, on charges of forgery and impersonation.

Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna told the media that Chaudhary would at times “pull up” the officer and also District Magistrate Ritu Maheshwari on telephone pretending to be former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha or Gujarat leader Shankarsinh Vaghela or Ashok Bhan, an MLA and son of former Uttar Pradesh Governor Suraj Bhan.

5 Total number of sim cards recovered from the accused

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