Balangir: Three persons were arrested and fake IPS officers’ uniforms along with fake identity cards seized by the police in Muribahal area of Odisha’s Balangir district on Friday.
The three persons were arrested on charges of robbery and several forged documents and other articles seized from them, a senior police official said.
The articles seized from the accused persons included fake uniforms of an IG rank official, Bhubaneswar Special Branch, forged identity cards and some documents.
The three arrested persons have been identified as Amar Das of Badudar village under Muribahal police station limits, Akil Kumbhar of Saharapali village in Bargarh district and Sibu Khuanjia of Tikrapada village were arrested and forwarded to the court, police said.
Further investigation in the case is in progress to ascertain if others are involved in the racket, they added.