The accused was arrested after he sent messages to cops trying to extort money. (Representational)
A person impersonating a judge of the Delhi High Court has been arrested after he sent messages to police officers trying to extort money, confirmed Delhi Police. The accused was identified as Narender Kumar Aggarwal, a resident of Adarsh Nagar in, Delhi.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Devesh Kumar Mahala, it has been confirmed that Mr Aggarwal messaged several police officials to solicit favours in the name of a Delhi High Court Judge.
The incident came to light when the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), sub-division, Samaypur Badli Outer North District, Anurag Dwivedi, received a WhatsApp message on Friday.
The message said, "Hi, here is Justice (name withheld) sitting judge Delhi High Court, call me urgently."
On making the call it was found, the person, who sent the message, would visit Police Station Samaypur Badli at 5 pm in connection with a writ petition pertaining to PS Samaypur Badli.
ACP Anurag Dwivedi conveyed the message to Station House Officer (SHO) Samaypur Badli Inspector Sanjay Kumar.
Around 5 pm, a person in his sixties walked into the station after getting out of a Tata Nano car and claimed to be the Delhi High Court judge. He told the cops he wanted to personally verify a writ petition regarding organised crime in Samaypur Badli, according to the police.
He also said he tried to resolve the matter with Head Constable Pawan posted in beat a day before, but he did not respond.
The so-called judge then asked SHO Samaypur Badli to pay Rs 5,00,000 for getting the writ petition set aside, or else they might be in trouble and lose their jobs.
As there was no official communication from the Delhi High Court regarding the visit of any Judge to PS Samaypur Badli, the inspector suspected something was amiss. He then verified the identity of the person who claimed to be a judge.
On checking Mr Aggarwal's mobile phone and his WhatsApp messages, it was found that he had claimed to be a Delhi High Court judge multiple times and even threatened police officials to comply with his demands, said the police.
Meanwhile, Head Constable Pawan reached the police station and confirmed that a person named Narendra Aggarwal had called on his mobile number and demanded money, threatening him he would be sacked if the demand was not met.
In 2011, the accused's current wife filed a dowry and cruelty case against him, in which he attended the court several times, police said. From there, he learnt about the power of judges and noticed the compliance of directions by police given by judges, he revealed during interrogation.
Two cases under the Essential Commodities Act were also registered against him in 1980, the year he got married. He has two sons from his first wife, police said.