‘IAS officer’ bahu turns out to be BSc graduate, held for demanding Rs 40 lakh after assaulting husband | Bareilly News

A woman was arrested in Bareilly for allegedly posing as an IAS officer to marry a man (Photo credit: X)

BAREILLY: A woman accused of posing as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer to marry a man and later allegedly extorting Rs 40 lakh from him has been arrested in UP’s Bareilly district.The accused has been identified as Sadhana and was arrested on Monday and sent to judicial custody, news agency PTI reported.Superintendent of police (South) Anshika Verma said the case was registered at Faridpur police station on the complaint of Abhishek against Sadhana, her father Narendra Pal Singh, brother Surya Pratap and maternal uncle Rajendra Singh, all residents of Sateti village in Budaun district.An FIR has been lodged under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act.According to the complaint, Sadhana and her family allegedly misled Abhishek by portraying her as an IAS officer through fake photographs and videos shared on social media.Trusting these claims, Abhishek married her.The complainant alleged that after the marriage, Sadhana’s behaviour changed and she allegedly tried to strangulate him, threatened him and his family with serious consequences, and demanded Rs 40 lakh, PTI reported.Verma said Sadhana was arrested following a search operation.During questioning, she allegedly admitted to uploading fabricated photographs and videos on Facebook showing herself as an IAS officer to gain the trust of Abhishek and his family.She also allegedly confessed to demanding Rs 40 lakh from her husband after threatening him and asking him to sell his agricultural land to fund the construction of a hospital on a plot she owned in Badaun, the SP said.According to Verma, Sadhana told investigators that she is a BSc graduate preparing for government job examinations and that her father is a farmer.She also admitted to assaulting her husband during a domestic dispute, the officer said.Police said further investigation into the case is underway.(With agency inputs)