Days after it got here to gentle that one man had approached two households — one in Dehradun and the opposite Ghaziabad — claiming to be their long-lost son, the Khoda police Friday arrested Bhim Singh alias Monu Sharma on expenses of duping each households.
The person, who has now been recognized as Indraraj Rawat (38), is a resident of Jaitsar district in Rajasthan, stated police, including that he had equally duped many households by posing as their lacking youngster.
After the Ghaziabad household was reunited with their “son Bhim Singh” on November 28 – kidnapped 31 years in the past as a nine-year-old – the Ghaziabad Police had final Saturday (November 30) obtained the information of an identical case from their counterparts in Uttarakhand. In July, a person had appeared in Dehradun, claiming to be Monu Sharma, the long-lost son of Asha Sharma (50), whose son was additionally kidnapped when he was 16 years previous in 2008.
Tularam from Ghaziabad, whom Bhim had claimed was his father, had additionally filed a criticism with the police on December 1, alleging that his long-lost son was behaving suspiciously. “The person that my household and I had recognized as our son Bhim Singh alias Pannu has been behaving in a different way. He has been residing in my home for the final 5 days as my son however I’ve doubts about his conduct and behavior,” Tularam had informed the police.
Following this, the Khoda police station in Ghaziabad had known as the suspect for questioning earlier than detaining him on Sunday. He was arrested on Friday.
Station Home Officer (SHO) of Khoda police, Anand Prakash Mishra, stated, “Indraraj had initially informed us that his identify was Raju and that he was kidnapped 30 years in the past. He had claimed that he was held hostage by Sai Ram, a herder in Jailsalmer.” He had alleged that he was made to rear sheep and cows as a bonded labourer.
“He alleged {that a} truck driver rescued him and helped him attain Delhi,” Mishra added. Indraraj had then stated that the truck driver helped him attain Khoda police station.
After he reached the police station on November 22, the police launched his {photograph} on social media and newspapers for identification, the SHO stated.
Following this, Tularam’s spouse Leelavati recognized him as her son Bhim, who was kidnapped in 1993 whereas he was coming back from faculty. A mole on his chest, a reduce mark on brow and the form of his head helped Leelavati establish him as her son, stated police.
DCP (Trans-Hindon) Dasarath Nimish Patil stated, “Throughout questioning, he saved on telling us that he was Bhim. However following repeated questioning, he stated that his actual identify was Indraraj, a resident of Jasad Bugiya village in Jaitsar.”
“He informed us that when he was a baby, he had began committing petty thefts within the neighbourhood, because of which his father Chunnilal Meghwal and different members of the family severed their ties with him and threw him out of their home in 2005,” he added.
The police stated that as per Indraraj, he stayed at his distant relative Hetram’s home for 3 months in 2020 and stole vital paperwork in addition to jewelry earlier than fleeing.
“An FIR was registered at Rawatsar police station in Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan, after which the stolen items and paperwork have been recovered from Indraraj’s possession,” the officer stated.
The officer added that final June, Indraraj posed as Pankaj Kumar, the lacking son of a household that resided at Jhigar Chhoti village in Rajasthan’s Sikar district. He stayed with the household for round two months. “Then he left with out informing anybody,” stated Patil. The police added that Indraraj, about 4 years in the past, additionally stayed at one Asharam’s home at Lalgadia village in Rajasthan, posing as his lacking son.
In July 2024, Indraraj arrived at Kapil Dev Sharma and Asha’s home in Dehradun, claiming to be their son who had gone lacking in 2008. Posing as Monu, he stayed there for about 4 months earlier than arriving in Delhi “to search for higher alternatives”.
“He had been residing with totally different households at Bathinda in Punjab, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan in addition to Hisar and Sirsa in Haryana, posing as their lacking son. We’re investigating his involvement in different crimes,” stated the DCP.
