Accused Abhay Meena allegedly awarded medals to several real officers (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Jaipur: A man who had been pretending to be an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was arrested by the Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jaipur on Friday, May 31. The 20-year-old had allegedly been giving speeches as a motivational speaker and a social media star. Identified as Abhay Meena, the youth had in fact failed his Class 12 examinations.

Meena fabricated stories about how he put in hours of effort to crack the IIT and UPSC exams. With car displaying fake government stickers and fake papers showing his stories of success, Meena allegedly awarded medals to several real officers and was saluted by many.

Meena's pretence came to light after a man got suspicious of the stickers he had put on his vehicle. Allegedly, Meena had misspelled branch as 'branche' and capital as 'capitol'.

Meena was arrested by the SOG from Jagatpura. Even when he was being arrested, Meena tried his best to intimidate the officials by citing his influence. While talking to The Times of India, Additional SP (ASP) Karan Sharma said, "He was a social media sensation. People were inspired by the story that somebody could become an IPS officer at such an early age."

Meena fearlessly drove around in a car with a three-star police plate. According to police hierarchy, a three-star official is a director general or an additional director general. It was also alleged that Meena used to address several parties, fashion shows and pep talk events.

According to SHO Sanjay Sharma, Meena and his live-in partner used to stay at lavish hotels. Using his position as a shield, Meena always managed to escape without paying. Meena also made money by promising to help people with their legal cases.