LAHORE: A man who had delivered a lecture at a premier educational institution, impersonating an army captain, has been taken into custody.

Sajjad Rao went to the Forman Christian College introducing himself as an army captain and ended up delivering a lecture to the students on Feb 17, says a source in a sensitive state organisation.

He capped his expedition with a flourish -- by asking for funds for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Fata.

The fraud started to unravel after an officer from the ISPR on a visit to the college was told about the suspicious lecture-cum-fundraising event that had recently taken place.

In an unexpected break, the officer got the telephone number of the man posing as the army officer from the college administration. Investigation revealed the impersonator had two accomplices.

FC College’s student affairs director was not available for comment despite various attempts to reach him. However, another senior faculty member told Dawn the matter was brought to the knowledge of the college administration by the ISPR.

Published in Dawn, February 28th, 2016

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