Budgam, April 14 -- Police in central Kashmir's Budgam have registered a criminal case against an individual for allegedly operating a fake WhatsApp account in the name of the district's Superintendent of Police (SSP) and posing as his close aide to influence people, officials said on Tuesday.

Police said reliable information was received that Sameer Ali Bhat, son of Ghulam Muhammad Bhat, a resident of Pallar Budgam, was sharing screenshots of chats with a fake WhatsApp account operating under the name of SSP Budgam.

"Upon verification, it was found that Bhat is already involved in multiple FIRs. He was operating the fake WhatsApp account using mobile number +91-9622126997 and sharing screenshots of conversations to project himself as a...