A man dressed up in a GRP sub-inspector's uniform strolling at a popular mall has been arrested in sector 39 area here, police said today.
The accused, identified as Uttam Singh Rajput, was dressed up in a sub-inspector's uniform and roaming inside the mall last night. Suspicious of his movements, security personnel there informed an officer attached with a local police station, who happened to be in the mall at that time, police said.
On being enquired by D K Sharma, the local police official, the accused said he was posted with the government railway police (GRP) at Lucknow.
The accused, when further questioned by Sharma, showed an identity card which the police official recognised as fake and thereby informed authorities, they said, adding the man was then arrested.
On detailed interrogation, the accused admitted that he worked as security gaurd at construction site behind the mall. He had purchased the uniform from nearby sector 18 market, police said.
