India, June 13 -- A 21-year-old man was detained by Indian Army personnel in an elaborate sting operation for allegedly posing as a high-ranking military official and wearing a military uniform in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur.

A trap was laid by the Army personnel to nab the fake brigadier, who would allegedly travel around Shahjahanpur and nearby districts posing as a senior Army official in an Brigadier uniform.

The accused was identified as Aryan Verma. There had been several inputs about his movement in military uniform in and around Shahjahanpur and the Army authorities were tracking him since April, said officials, HT reported earlier.

To nab him, Army officials laid out a trap for him in which, he walked right in.

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