AHMEDABAD: Indian police have arrested an alleged conman accused of spending nearly five years pretending to be a judge and ruling on various disputes...

He is accused of making rulings on various cases in a fake tribunal that he set up himself

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According to police, the accused, identified as Morris Samuel Christian, has been passing 'judgements' since 2019, especially in land deals in the Gandhinagar area.

The accused, identified as Morris Samuel Christian, had passed an order in a land dispute case in 2019, and that very case exposed him.

The City Civil Court Registrar of Ahmedabad, Hardik Sagar Desai, filed a complaint against Christian at the Karanj Police Station, leading to an FIR being registered under multiple sections of the IPC. | OpIndia News

A preliminary probe revealed Christian used to trap people whose cases regarding land disputes were pending before the city civil court.

The accused posed as a court-appointed official arbitrator and passed an order in a land dispute case in 2019. His fraud came to light when the case came for hearing in the Ahmedbad City Court for hearing.