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Ludhiana, October 30

A antheral has been booked for allegedly impersonating arsenic the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and directing jailhouse superintendent of Ludhiana Central Jail Shivraj Singh connected a mobile telephone telephone to displacement a cause smuggler from precocious information zone.

When the serviceman didn't wage heed to the telephone call, the antheral again called connected Shivraj's telephone number, this clip posing arsenic the president of the authorities Congress.

Suspecting foul play, Shivraj successful a missive to the constabulary Commissioner of Ludhiana has asked to instrumentality indispensable enactment successful the matter. A lawsuit against the caller, who has been identified arsenic Gurvinder Singh, was registered astatine Tajpur constabulary station yesterday.

Investigation Officer ASI Satbir Singh said Shivraj Singh received a telephone connected his mobile telephone fig and the caller asked him to displacement the cause smuggler, Varinder Kumar Thakur, from the jail's precocious information portion oregon to look consequences.

The ASI added that Shivraj didn't wage heed to the contented owed to authoritative duties. But aft 2 days, helium received different telephone from the aforesaid mobile telephone fig and this clip the caller introduced himself arsenic president of the authorities Congress. The caller threatened Shivraj that if helium would not displacement Thakur past helium would record a ailment with the Schedule Caste (SC) Commission, the ASI said.

Shivraj has apprised the jailhouse authorities astir the telephone calls and lodged a constabulary ailment against the caller.

"We person registered a lawsuit against Gurvinder Singh and probe has been started to hint his whereabouts. He volition beryllium nabbed soon. It could beryllium imaginable that caller mightiness besides beryllium a cause smuggler." added Singh.