Dehradun, July 17 -- Dehradun police have arrested Yashowardhan, the 35 year old son of former Uttarakhand Chief Secretary S Ramaswamy, in connection with a series of fraud cases. He has been accused of allegedly posing as a senior government and intelligence officer to dupe people. Acting on a complaint lodged by a woman scientist, Rajpur police traced him to Delhi, took him into custody, and have brought him to Dehradun. Officials stated that he would often introduce himself as an IPS officer or a senior functionary in the Home Ministry, Defence Ministry or even the Army, using these false claims to gain trust and extort money.

Anshul Upadhyay, a resident of Garhi Cantt, stated in his complaint submitted to the police that he met Yasho...