Bihar man posing as NSA Ajit Doval’s ‘covert agent’ arrested. Has a Tesla, a pool & Rs 100 crore assets
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Youtube Twitter Instagram Facebook Whatsapp Telegram LinkedIn Monday, August 10, 2026 --> --> Politics Ground Reports Opinion National Interest PoV 50-Word Edit Defence Diplomacy India Economy ThePrint On Camera Videos In Pictures Society & Culture Around Town Book Excerpts Vigyapanti The Dating Story Health Science Science Tech World Events Off The Cuff The Speakers Bureau School of Journalism ThePrint Store More Judiciary Education YourTurn Work With Us Campus Voice Search Home India Bihar man posing as NSA Ajit Doval's ‘covert agent’ arrested. Has a... India Bihar man posing as NSA Ajit Doval’s ‘covert agent’ arrested. Has a Tesla, a pool & Rs 100 crore rupees assets Manish Kumar Gupta would also allegedly pose as IAS officer and tell govt officials he could make corruption cases disappear for a tidy sum, even ran a jobs-for-money racket. Alisha Dutta 10 August, 2026 09:59 pm IST Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Linkedin Accused Manish Kumar Gupta; (inset) his home in Jamalpur Bazar | By special arrangement Follow Us : Text Size: A- A+ --> New Delhi: “There is a corruption case against you, if you pay up, I could make it disappear,” he would call and say to junior government officials in Bihar’s Gogri. Meanwhile, to those looking for jobs, he would say he could get them one in exchange for money. Even people booked in criminal cases would be told he could make the FIRs vanish in exchange for a sum.
Adding to this, That was how Manish Kumar Gupta rolled. Sometimes he shared he was an IAS officer, sometimes a vigilance officer and other times an undercover agent working for none other than National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval.
Meanwhile, The matter came to light when Gogri police station got a tip-off Saturday afternoon. The caller shared that one Manish Kumar Gupta has been duping people posing as an IAS officer.
Notably, “On 8 August, we received a tip-off that one Manish Kumar Gupta uses a Government of India placard on his two private vehicles and tells people that he is an IAS officer,” read the FIR, accessed by the Print.
As per the latest buzz, A team comprising Khagaria police and a District Investigation Unit (DIU) then raided his residence in Jamalpur Bazar for nearly eight hours. They learnt that Gupta was not just posing as an IAS but also as a “covert agent” under NSA Ajit Doval, shared Khagaria Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhanu Pratap Singh.
In further updates, “During questioning, the individual identified himself as Manish Kumar [alias Manish Kumar Gupta], son of Parmeshwar Gupta. He displayed an ID card on his mobile phone identifying him as ‘Manish Kumar, Central Vigilance Commission’ and claimed to be an undercover agent for NSA Ajit Doval; verification revealed these claims to be prima facie fake. He has been formally arrested, and further legal action is underway,” the SP added.
On top of that, SP Singh further told The Print that initial investigation has opened up that the accused, along with several others operating in Bihar, other Indian states and the UK, were running a racket. “He would blackmail government officers by saying that he was a vigilance officer and if they pay up then the soon-to-release corruption case against them will go away,” he shared, adding that he would tell people looking for government jobs that he “knew senior officers and could get them jobs in exchange for money”. The accused would also act as a mediator and settle cases in exchange for money in local police stations.
Tesla, pool, ‘Govt of India’ placards, assets worth Rs 100 crore rupees During the eight-hour raid, police recovered two luxury cars, including a driverless Tesla displaying the ‘Government of India placards’.
Source: ThePrint