Dehradun, July 16 -- The Dehradun police on Thursday announced the arrest of R Yashovardhan, 35, the son of a retired Uttarakhand chief secretary, accusing him of using fabricated government identities to swindle his victims.

To his victims, police said Yashovardhan had presented himself as an officer of the Indian Police Service, the Indian Army, and the external spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

He was arrested during an operation at the Civil Services Institute intersection on the Mussoorie Road on Thursday, said Dehradun senior superintendent of police (SSP) Pramendra Dobhal, adding that they began looking for Yashovardhan after complaints were filed over the past two weeks.

The first complaint was lodged on July 8 ...