An out-of-job civil engineer in an attempt at getting employment allegedly impersonated as an officer on special duty (OSD) to Union minister Amit Shah as he tried to get himself appointed as a senior official for the Ganga Expressway project, police said on Sunday. Robin Upadhyay, 48, was arrested after a person approached the Cyber Police Station in New Delhi with the complaint that he had received an email on his official id from a "fake" email address, reported news agency PTI. 


The matter came to light after one Akshat Sharma told the police that he received an email  on his official id from a “fake” email address from someone claiming to be one Rajeev Kumar, an Officer-on-Special-Duty to the Union Home Minister.


As per the report, the person in his mail said he has been asked to pass on instructions to have Robin Upadhyay appointed as Senior Associate Vice President-cum-project coordinator for the Ganga Expressway Project, Sharma stated in his complaint.


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During the course of the investigation, police found that the email address rajeev.osd.mha@gmail.com was fake and created with the purpose of deceiving people. 


"Based on technical surveillance, our team zeroed in on the prime suspect Robin Upadhyay and on the basis of technical analysis, it was learned that the mail was created six-seven days ago and was found registered in the name of Upadhyay,” Hemant Tiwari, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi), said, as per the report. 


"The suspect was subsequently traced and on the basis of initial interrogation, he was detained from his home in Meerut on Saturday evening and later arrested in the case," he added. 


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During the interrogation, Upadhyay, a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, said that he had a vast experience in civil construction projects being a civil engineer and thought of securing a fake reference to get a job, Tiwari said.


"Hence, he searched about ongoing highway projects and their progress. After that, he created an email id impersonating Rajeev Kumar, OSD to the Union Minister of Home Affairs.


"He also attached his CV showing his credentials to get the job," Tiwari said.