Fake RPF Officer Caught Impersonating Cop for Months Across Stations

On November 13, 2025, railway police in Kalyan arrested a man who had been impersonating a Railway Protection Force (RPF) officer and roaming around railway stations in uniform for the past 4 months. The imposter has been identified as Avinash Jadhav, a resident of Dharashiv district.

Jadhav had been working at a hotel in Shirdi, but influenced by his friends in the police department, he developed a strong desire to become a police officer. Unable to secure an actual job, he bought an RPF officer's uniform and began posing as one. For the past 4 months, Jadhav had been traveling by train and introducing himself as an RPF officer. He even told his family and villagers that he had officially joined the RPF, following which the villagers felicitated him on his "appointment."

However, Jadhav's impersonation was exposed on Thursday afternoon when he was seen at Kalyan station wearing the RPF uniform. He struck up a conversation with a real RPF officer, Ramesh Singh Yadav, and even asked for a selfie with him. Yadav grew suspicious and demanded Jadhav's identification card, which he failed to produce. Further questioning revealed that Jadhav had been posing as an RPF officer for months, traveling across stations and even visiting Mumbai's CSMT station, where he had taken selfies with real officers.