Woman poses as cop, demands free food at eatery

Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: In an unusual incident, a roadside chaat vendor has accused a woman of posing as a cop and demanding free food from him.

Sheikh Salam, who has been selling bajjis for more than eight years in Byatarayanapura, has a shop near the Mysuru Road which was allegedly frequented by a woman who would eat and even demand more bajjis to be packed for her without paying for it. When Salam asked for money, she allegedly threatened to shut his business and claimed that she was a police officer attached to Kodigehalli police station here.

Speaking to News Trail Salam alleged that the bluff went on for a few weeks until he finally got suspicious and called up Kodigehalli police station to complain about the woman. Alarmed, the woman fled the spot on her scooter. A complaint has been filed in this matter at the police station by Sheikh Salam who alleged that the woman has been visiting his shop for several weeks posing as a police officer.

"Everytime she would visit, she would eat bajjis worth Rs 50 and would demand the same amount of bajjis to be packed for her. When asked for money, she would start threatening to wrap up my business from here," he alleged.

However, on January 5, when the woman approached him again, Salam exasperated by her frequent visits for free food, asked her to pay for the bajjis. As the woman started arguing with him, Salam dialled the police control room (112) and complained about her.

"As I was speaking to the control room, the woman sped away on her scooter and soon a team of police reached the spot in Hoysala and asked me to file a complaint against the woman at the Kodigehalli police station," he said.

"I had noted down the registration number of her scooter and mentioned that in the complaint to the police," he added. The police have launched