Archive · 5 Jan 2026
19-Year-Old Impersonates Railway Staff in Mumbai
A 19-year-old boy named Afaan Khan Firoz Khan was caught in Mumbai for pretending to be a railway staff member.
He showed a fake ID card to a ticket examiner on a train.
The ticket examiner got suspicious and took him to the police.
The boy admitted he made the fake ID using an app.
The police are now investigating the case.
The boy is from Antop Hill in Mumbai.
The incident happened on a train going to CSMT at around 12:15 PM on Friday.
A 19-year-old man was caught impersonating a railway staff member on a CSMT-bound local train in Mumbai.
He used a fake Assistant Station Manager identity card to travel in the first-class compartment.
The ticket examiner, Nita Myathri, noticed the suspicious ID and took him to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) office.
The accused admitted to creating the fake ID using the EPIK app, claiming to be an Assistant Station Manager with ID No. BOM009090.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) registered a case of cheating against the accused on January 1.
- Who
- Afaan Khan Firoz Khan, a 19-year-old resident of Antop Hill, Mumbai
- What
- Impersonated a railway staff member using a fake identity card
- When
- Friday, January 1, 2024, at 12:15 PM
- Where
- GTB Nagar Railway Station, Platform No. 2, Mumbai
- Why
- To travel in the first-class compartment of a CSMT-bound local train
- Accused Name
- Afaan Khan Firoz Khan
- Age
- 19
- Residence
- Antop Hill, Mumbai
- Fake Identity
- Assistant Station Manager
- Incident Location
- GTB Nagar Railway Station, Platform No. 2
- Incident Date
- Friday, January 1, 2024
- Incident Time
- 12:15 PM
- Complainant
- Nita Myathri, 58, Ticket Examiner