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A Tesla, a fake IAS card and a house full of secrets: How a ‘Government of India’ sticker led police to a bigger story
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The Indian Express
But what’s even more bizarre is for it to bear the sticker: “Govt of India.”
When questioned, he introduced himself as Mukesh Kumar Gupta – an IAS officer.
His two cars – apart from the Tesla, he owned a Tata Safari (which also bore the ‘govt of India’ sticker) – have been seized.
Story continues below this ad“Twenty credit cards, including American Express, in the names of Manish Kumar, Ajit Kumar, N K Kumar and Mukesh Kumar Gupta were recovered.
The senior officer said Gupta’s properties and financial dealings were being examined, with the Bihar Police’s Economic Offences Unit likely to assist investigators.