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Pune Police arrests a fake IAS officer who claimed to be working for PMO

Vasudev Nivrutti Tayde (54), who posed as Dr Vinay Deo, and claimed he was an IAS officer posted as a deputy secretary with the PMO

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Fake IAS officer, Vaudev Nivrutti Tayde who posed as Dr. Vinay Deo

New Delhi, June 2

The Pune Police arrested a man who posed as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer posted with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) only to gain status in social circles of Pune. 

This case resembles to the conman Sanjay Prakash Rai alias Sherpuria who used to pose close ties with PMO and sought various favours while operating from 

The police identified the man as Vasudev Nivrutti Tayde (54), who posed as Dr Vinay Deo, and claimed he was an IAS officer posted as a deputy secretary with the PMO. He also claimed to be involved in “gopneey kaam” which generally implies work related to intelligence or covert operations.

The Pune Crime Branch arrested Tayde who confessed in his interrogation that he had unsuccessfully prepared for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination for several years and had made multiple attempts at clearing the exam. 

The police had launched a probe after he attended a function organised by Borderless World Foundation, a Pune-based organisation, under which an ambulance was to be sent to Jammu and Kashmir as a part of a charitable initiative. After his claims and demeanour raised suspicions, the organisers reported him to the police.

The Pune Crime Branch is probing whether there was any security breach into any government organisation or cheating of any people financially or otherwise by him using his fake identity.

The probe shows that he took up this identity in closed circles and at small functions, primarily to enjoy the status that comes with it. He even made some purchases at some shops where he gave his name as Dr Vinay Deo. Tayde attended quite a few social gatherings under the fake identity.

Tayde was arrested in the past for posing as a high-ranking government official in 2000 by the Dhule district police.


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