The Azad Maidan police on Friday booked an unknown person for allegedly impersonating as BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal and demanding money from some officers. An FIR was registered after a complaint was received by the police from the legal cell officer of the civic body, Advocate Sunil K  Sonawane, Mumbai police sources said.

“Complaints are being received from officers namely V.V. Shankarwar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner (DMC) (Zone-V), Prabhat Rahangdale retired (DMC), as well as from Ex-Joint Municipal Commissioner Ashutosh Salil, who is presently working as P.S. to Union Culture Minister, of having received WhatsApp messages from unknown number. The person is impersonating the identity of Dr. I S Chahal and demanding money on his behalf,” Sonawane has said in his complaint.