Man posing as noted poet tried to cheat his friends seeking financial held booked by South CEN Police

Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya

The South cyber crime police are on the lookout for a man who posing as noted poet Chandrashekhar Kambar attempted to take money from his friends on the pretext of help.

In his complaint,Mr.Kambar said that the accused had copied his name and photograph to send messages to the friend’s list using a mobile number .

The accused was asking for financial help from Kambar’s friend and also asking them to buy Amazon gift vouchers.

This has caused major embrassment as the name of Mr.Kambar has been misused for such activities,he said.

This is not the first time as earlier his email account has been hacked and mails sent to his contact list.

Based on the complaint,the police have registered a case on Friday charging the unknown person under various sections of the IT act and also under cheating and impersonation

The police are now trying to track down the accused through the phone number which the accused used said a senior officer.