GHAZIABAD: UP Police have arrested an alleged AAP volunteer who posed himself as a judge to extort and mount pressure on police and administration officials to transfer their subordinates to other districts and departments.

Cops said the accused, Satish Kumar, is a habitual offender and an AAP slip with registration number 1628902 was recovered from him. In 2010, he had posed as a TOI correspondent and faxed UP DGP Brij Lal to transfer a police officer to another district.

Ghaziabad SSP Dharmender Singh said the accused used to take money from government officials and cops to get them transferred to places of their choice by calling their seniors posing as a judge. Singh said the accused would also extort money from SHOs. Police have also arrested a constable, Vivek Rana, deployed at the SSP's office, while the SSP has suspended four cops in connection with the case.

Senior AAP leader, Manish Sisodia , said that anyone can be a volunteer of the party so they do not know how the accused could have done this fraud. "If the accused was a proven cheat, police should have taken action against him earlier," Sisodia said.

