Calling his Bluff: Man posing as civil servant arrested

DCO became suspicious of Rehman during conversation at dinner and decided to double check what Rehman told him.

KHANEWAL: A man posing as a civil servant was arrested from the Circuit House. The man, identified by the police as Atiqur Rehman, is a resident of Peshawar. A few days ago he turned up at the Circuit House and told the incharge, district officer Sikandar Ali, that he was a civil services officer. Ali gave him a room. A day or so later, the DCO Rashid Mehmood invited Rehman over to his house for dinner after he heard that an officer from out of town was staying at the Circuit House. Police said that it was during conversation at the dinner that the DCO became suspicious of Rehman and decided to double check what Rehman told him. After the information did not check out, police arrested Atiqur Rehman from the Circuit House.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th, 2011.