A man posing as an official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Gujarat’s Vadodara city got two children admitted in a private school here and tried to swindle a huge amount on the basis of his fake identity, has been arrested. An official gave this information on Saturday.

Enjoyed the hospitality of the hotel as a PMO officer

The accused Mayank Tiwari was arrested on Friday. A few months ago, Ahmedabad resident Kiran Patel was also arrested from a five-star hotel in Jammu and Kashmir for posing as a senior official of the Prime Minister’s Office. Patel, being a PMO official, enjoyed the hospitality of the hotel and also got Z+ security.

identified himself as a Strategic Advisor

Tiwari first entered the march during the admission session by identifying himself as Director (Strategic Advisor) in the PMO in New Delhi, an official of the city’s Waghodia police station said. came in contact with the school and its trustees.

It has been said in the FIR that after a few months the trustees got suspicious of Tiwari’s claims, so they started gathering information about him. Later they came to know that Tiwari is not a PMO official and he cheated them. After this, the trustee alerted the school last month. On the complaint of the school administration, the Waghodia police on Friday booked Tiwari under IPC section 461 (Betrayal), 420 (Fraud), and 170 ( Impersonation of a public servant) and arrested him. ,Gujarat newsgujarat news in hindiPublished Date

Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 5: 37 PM IST