New Delhi, June 13 -- The Indian Army recently launched an elaborate sting operation in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur and detained a 21-year-old man who was allegedly posing as a high-ranking military official and wearing a military uniform.

The Hindustan Times on Saturday reported that Indian Army personnel laid an elaborate trap to catch the fake brigadier, who would allegedly travel around Shahjahanpur and nearby districts posing as a senior Army official in a Brigadier's uniform.

The accused has been identified as Aryan Verma. Citing officials, the report added that there had been several inputs about his movement in military uniform in and around the city, and Army officials had been tracking him since April. Verma, who was always k...