The Uttarakhand Police on Thursday arrested 15 people hailing from Uttar Pradesh who allegedly extorted money from several people posing as aides of a police officer of the level of director general of police (DGP).
The police also seized five vehicles, one of which had a blue beacon and three stars near the number plates used by senior police officers.
They were caught after they had gone to a mall in Sidkul area and created a ruckus, Udham Singh Nagar District Senior Superintendent of Police Manjunath T C said.
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