Man Posing As PMO Official Entered Jio World Plaza With Firearm, Fake ID; 2 In Police Custody Till Sept 11
Mumbai: A 24-year-old man allegedly posing as an official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) entered Jio World Plaza in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) with an armed companion after allegedly showing a purported PMO identity card to private security personnel, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the same venue. The BKC Police have arrested Rohan Premal Parekh (24)…
A 24-year-old man, Rohan Premal Parekh, and his 49-year-old companion, Dilip Rajaram Kunde, were arrested in Mumbai on September 7 after attempting to enter Jio World Plaza with a firearm and a fake identity card purporting to be from the Prime Minister's Office. The incident occurred just a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to visit the same venue.
The third suspect, Prathamesh Ganesh Bagul, is still at large. Police claim Parekh was allegedly misled into believing he was being offered an advisory role by the PMO when he received emails and documents associated with the position. The case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and is currently under investigation by the Crime Branch's Intelligence Unit.
Written by urgent.news from Free Press Journal's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
