DODA: Doda police on Wednesday arrested a man for impersonating as former minister and black-mailing an Executive Engineer of Public Health Engineering (PHE) department.
According to reports, the accused identified as Majid Shoken , resident of Doda town was threatening and demanding money from an Executive Engineer of PHE, Doda.
Majid was black-mailing Executive Engineer PHE Doda Abdul Wahid Zargar for the last two to three days that he had some information against his wrong doings and will file report against him.
Upon this, he visited , XEn PHE Doda office and by force tried to settled a deal. As he was threatening the honest and dedicated PHE officer, the staff members called the Police. After questioning, he described himself as a leader of political party. But he turned out to be a simple matriculate and noted ‘cheat’, harassing Government employees and extorting money from them. FIR has been registered against him and police has started further investigations.
It is relevant to mention that XEn Doda Abdul Wahid Zargar has received many awards from state government for dedication towards his department.