Man Posing As Major General Inside Kolkata’s Army Headquarters Arrested

Kolkata: In a major security lapse, a man posing as a Major General entered into the Indian Army’s Eastern Command headquarters at Fort William earlier Thursday evening. The impostor was later arrested while clicking photographs of the premises.

“This man had been spotted earlier inside the Fort William campus over the past few weeks. He has been masquerading as a major general. He usually comes in his own car, which made us suspicious. When he turned up in the evening today and started taking photographs, the police was informed,” said pro eastern command wing commander S S Birdi.

Identified as PK Mitra, the accused was caught when he was clicking photos inside the Fort William on Wednesday. Wearing an army officer’s uniform, he had claimed that he was a major general in the Army.

The man was then detained by the military police and handed over to the Maidan police station, where he is being interrogated to find out whether he is a spy or not.

“We don’t know what the reason (for his intrusion) was. It is up to the police to find out if there was an actual threat or if he did this just for fun,” said Birdi.

On interrogation by army and the police, it was found that his father is a retired defence officer. Officials said he had been visiting various civil clubs and other civil institutions claimin to be a major general in the Army.