Bihar IPS Officer Allegedly Created Fake WhatsApp Profile of Former HC Judge, Surrenders in Court

Patna: Aditya Kumar, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, surrendered in front of a Patna court on Tuesday. He is accused of creating a fake WhatsApp profile of a former Patna High Court Chief Justice to influence official proceedings against him.

The 2011-batch IPS officer was dodging arrest for over a year. He surrendered when his pre-arrest bail plea rejected by the Supreme Court.

It is alleged that Kumar allegedly cheated the then Bihar DGP SK Singhal through a fake WhatsApp account that had the photograph of former Chief Justice Sanjay Karol as the profile picture. The then DGP was contacted from that WhatsApp number and asking him to drop the case against Kumar in connection with alleged involvement with liquor mafias.

A division bench of the Supreme Court directed Kumar to surrender within two weeks saying that the petitioner is not entitled to the benefit of anticipatory bail, mainly on account of the seriousness and gravity of the alleged offences and apparent non-cooperation.