Madurai man among 2 held for posing as CBI officers

This is the third such case where people have spoofed the landline number of the agency to demand bribe from suspects in a case probed by the agency.

Reddy and Ramaraj were nabbed by the agency in connection with a case registered on Thursday alleging they were threatening and demanding huge amounts as bribes from various individuals who were facing cases with Central Law Enforcement Agencies. "In this connection they contacted one of the accused in a CBI case pertaining to a bank fraud, and demanded huge amount of money in the name of senior CBI officials posted at New Delhi," CBI Spokesperson Nitin Wakankar said in a statement. They allegedly used a malicious software to spoof the landline telephone number 011-24302700 of CBI Head Office, New Delhi, to call an accused in a bank fraud case probed by the agency, it said.

In the calls made on the accused's mobile phone, the duo posed as senior CBI officers from New Delhi and demanded bribe for getting favours in the case against him, the spokesperson said.