Police arrests man faking as special election officer

Mysuru, Nov 30: Hunsur police have arrested a person who was faking as an election commission official and collecting money from the bar owners in the constituencies.

Police said that the arrested has been identified as Shashidhar, resident of karilekoppal of Hassan, he was visiting wine shops and bars in Hunsur and was introducing himself as an official of the election commission and he would ask for the details of liquor sale, threaten them and collect money.

Suspecting something was fishy, the bar owners filed a police complain.