A Class X boy forced Gorakhpur police into action to solve a month-old case of theft. The boy reportedly created a fake Twitter account of the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Om Prakash Singh and tweeted directions to the Gokhapur police constables to solve a case related to his brother. Fearing that directions are coming from the top, the cops, who were earlier ignoring the complaint that was filed by the boy's brother, sprung into action and solved it on priority.

The boy, although misled the local police with a number of tweets impersonating UP DGP, got the case solved. The fake Twitter account of the UP DGP has now been deleted.

The class X boy wanted the local cops to attend to a cheating case that was registered with them by his brother, who had lost Rs 45,000 to cheaters. The complaint was reportedly filed a month ago, but cops ignored it like the way they usually do when a common man comes to them. This continued until the boy created the fake Twitter account, impersonating UP DGP and started tweeting.

According to a Times of India report, a man identified as Sadiq Ansari of Maharajganj had taken Rs 45,000 from the boy's brother, promising him a job in Dubai. However, Ansari didn't keep the promise and that is when a case was filed with the police. After almost a month of no response from the local cops, the class X boy's friend suggested to him that he should create a Fake Twitter account with top cop's photo as a DP.

The fake Twitter account included the DGP's photo as the display picture in uniform. The boy as DGP posted a couple of tweets, that were then seen by the Gorakhpur local cops. They acted swiftly after that and solved the case. The boy's brother has got Rs 30,000 back with Ansari promising to return the remaining Rs 15,000 soon.

The boy and his friend involved in creating the fake Twitter account were later detained and questioned. After a while, they were let off with a warning. "We took a reformative approach and let off both the school-going kids, as any action would have affected their future," DGP OP Singh said.

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The school kid and his friend came under the police radar after a Gorakhpur police constable involved in the case updated the DGP, telling the top police officer that the matter that concerned him so much was solved. This led to the office of the DGP filing a case against his impersonation with the Hazratganj police around a month ago. The cyber cell of the UP Police investigated the matter and found that the fake Twitter account was being operated from a phone in Maharajganj.

Commenting on the matter, state police chief PRO Rahul Srivastava said, "the news is not that the boys were arrested but that they were forgiven by @dgpup for the sake of their future & let off by the cops even after being arrested."