5 CISF personnel held for heist posing as I-T officers in Bengal

Five serving CISF personnel — all posted across vital installations in Bengal — were arrested by Bidhannagar Police for posing as income tax officers and pulling off a dramatic heist reminiscent of the Bollywood thriller ‘Special 26’ at Chinar Park last week.

Among those arrested are an inspector, a head constable, two constables and a woman constable who was posted at RG Kar Medical College for four months following the rape-murder of a doctor at the premises last Aug. Their names are being withheld since they will undergo a Test Identification parade this Friday in Dum Dum correctional home, where they are currently lodged. Three of their accomplices have also been arrested. CISF sources said all the accused had been suspended.