Lucknow:

A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Lucknow for allegedly posing as an Army captain to woo women into relationships and then duping them of lakhs. Police have said Haider Ali, originally from Odisha’s Balasore district, would introduce himself as Hartik Beglo, an officer of the Army Medical Corps, and lure women into relationships. He would then ask them for money, citing various reasons. Once he got the money, he would end all communication, move to a different state and look for the next target.

The imposter, police said, would lead a luxurious lifestyle with money he made from such frauds. Luck ran out when he met a Lucknow woman and she smelled a rat. The woman registered a police complaint and a probe began. Police were shocked by the revelations. They found that Haider Ali had worked in security firms across several cities across Hyderabad, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. In each of these cities, he targeted women and then fled.

Police have found that he would post photographs in Army uniform on multiple Instagram profiles with names such as ‘Indiancammandoharik’, ‘armanbeglo’, ‘armybeglo’, ‘soldiers3889’.

Police have recovered an Army uniform, three-star flaps, an Army beret, a fake Aadhaar card, an Army canteen card and other incriminating documents from Haider Ali and are now investigating if he has a criminal record.

Senior police officer Nipun Agarwal said the complainant told police that the accused cheated her into a physical relationship and then duped her of money. “We arrested him and questioned him. His original name is Haider Ali Beg. He hid his religion and introduced himself as Hardik Beglo and lured several women into relationships and duped them. He talked them into financing cars for him and also borrowed huge sums from them. We are also scanning his call records to locate the women he targeted. He has told us about four women so far,” the senior officer said.

Creating reels has become a daily routine for many. Whether it’s dancing, modelling or any other type of video, people on the internet are always game for anything and everything, consistently making headlines. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any more bizarre, a video has emerged online, going viral, and leaving social media users outraged. In the video, a woman is seen dancing in the middle of the road while displaying a pistol in her hands. The clip, featuring popular YouTuber Simran Yadav, was reportedly shot on a highway in Lucknow. It caught the attention of Lucknow Police as well, who took notice of the same and took prompt action.

The video posted on X by user Advocate Kalyanji Chaudhary shows the influencer dancing to a Bhojpuri song in the middle of a street, while boldly brandishing a gun in her hands. “Instagram star Simran Yadav of Lucknow is openly flouting the law and code of conduct by waving a pistol on the highway and making a video viral to show off her community’s power in the society, but the officials are maintaining silence,” the X user wrote while tagging the authorities. 

Take a look below: 

instagram star सिमरन यादव लखनऊ सरेआम नियम कानून व आचार संहिता की धज्जियाँ उड़ाते हुए highway पर पिस्टल को लहराकर video वायरल करके समाज में अपनी बिरादरी का रौब जमा रहीं हैं परंतु अधिकारी चुप्पी साधे हुए है l @dgpup@ECISVEEP@Splucknow_rural@Igrangelucknow@adgzonelucknow@myogipic.twitter.com/GN4zWsc1P9

— Advocate kalyanji Chaudhary (@DeewaneHindust1) May 9, 2024

As soon as the video went viral, Lucknow Police reacted saying that an investigation over the matter has been instructed to the concerned authorities. “The concerned have been directed to take necessary action,” read the comment by the Lucknow Police. 

संबधिंत को आवश्यक कार्यवाही हेतु निर्देशित किया गया है।

— LUCKNOW POLICE (@lkopolice) May 9, 2024

Meanwhile, the video has left internet users fuming. Reacting to the clip, social media users expressed anger and urged authorities to take action immediately. “Why is she showing a gun and all so casually in the middle of the street with people around?” And sharing the same on the internet with such a massive following is simply not acceptable,” commented one user. “I hope the authorities will take some kind of action against her reel. This is not corrected,” expressed another. 

Simran Yadav has over 2.2 million followers on Instagram and over 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube.