Jodhpur, July 28 -- Jodhpur police on Tuesday arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly raping minor girls by impersonating an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

The accused, identified as Umedaram Bishnoi alias Raj Udawat or Akki, was arrested from Ajit Colony and taken into custody following a special operation conducted under the ongoing statewide campaign against crimes against women and children.

Three criminal cases have been registered against Umedaram under sections 64 (2) and 78 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said the station house officer (SHO) Mohammad Shafiq Khan of the Ratanada police station.

According to SHO, the case came to ligh...