Archive · 6 Dec 2025
Cop Arrested for Impersonation in Police Exam
A police officer named Suppadsingh was arrested because he took a test for his brother Gajanan in 2016.
They made fake papers to trick the police.
Suppadsingh passed the test and became a police officer in 2023.
The police found out and arrested him.
They are still looking for Gajanan.
Suppadsingh is in jail for three days while the police investigate.
They found out who the fake person was by watching a video of the test.
Suppadsingh and Gajanan are from Jalna district in Maharashtra.
Suppadsingh Shivlal Gusinge, a serving police sub-inspector, was arrested for impersonating his brother in a Maharashtra Police recruitment exam in 2016.
Suppadsingh and his brother Gajanan allegedly conspired to forge identity documents and impersonate each other in the exam.
Suppadsingh passed the exam and joined the Maharashtra Police as a sub-inspector in 2023.
The police arrested Suppadsingh from the premises of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) in Daund on December 1, 2023.
The court remanded Suppadsingh to police custody for three days, and attempts are underway to arrest his brother Gajanan.
- Who
- Suppadsingh Shivlal Gusinge, a serving police sub-inspector, and his brother Gajanan Shivlal Gusinge
- What
- Suppadsingh was arrested for impersonating his brother in a Maharashtra Police recruitment exam
- When
- The exam was held on April 24, 2016, and Suppadsingh was arrested on December 1, 2023
- Where
- The exam took place in Pune, and Suppadsingh was arrested from the premises of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) in Daund
- Why
- Suppadsingh and his brother allegedly conspired to forge identity documents and impersonate each other in the exam
- Accused
- Suppadsingh Shivlal Gusinge
- Brother
- Gajanan Shivlal Gusinge
- Exam Date
- April 24, 2016
- Arrest Date
- December 1, 2023
- Current Posting
- Pimpri Chinchwad police
- Charges
- Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 472, and 120 (b) of the IPC, and sections of the Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices at University, Board and Other Examinations Act, 1982
