Three arrested for forcing entry at shopping mall in Mumbai’s BKC: Police

Three males allegedly used a suspicious authorities ID card and compelled their approach, armed with a firearm, previous mall safety into Jio World Plaza, BKC, on Monday (September 7, 2026), a day earlier than the PM’s scheduled go to to the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Advanced (BKC). An FIR has been filed at BKC Police Station below numerous BNS sections, together with impersonation of a public servant and illegal entry armed with a weapon.

“This incident befell yesterday, and there’s no connection between this incident with PM’s go to to Mumbai at the moment. The Crime Department is conducting additional investigation. The weapon is licensed, and two individuals have been arrested on this regard,” DCP Crime Department Raj Tilak Roshan stated.

The three accused are Rohan Premal Parekh, 24, Dilip Rajaram Kunde, and Prathamesh Ganesh Bagul. The case was registered towards them for utilizing a faux id card of the Prime Minister’s Workplace, Authorities of India, impersonating a high-ranking authorities official to stress personal safety guards of Jio World Plaza, and getting into the mall unauthorizedly with a firearm on September 7, 2026 at round 4:50 pm at Jio World Plaza, BKC, Bandra (East), Mumbai.

Preliminary data identifies the primary youth accused as 24-year-old Rohan Parekh. Studies point out that Rohan possessed an ID card claiming affiliation with the Prime Minister’s Workplace. Throughout the safety verify, officers suspected the cardboard was faux.

Earlier, a senior police official had stated {that a} 24-year-old man, claiming to be a PMO official, and his armed ‘bodyguard’ had been detained at Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in BKC hours earlier than PM Modi’s occasion there on Tuesday night (September 8, 2026).

However police clarified later that the incident had occurred at Jio World Plaza in BKC on Monday (September 7), and had no reference to the prime minister’s occasion.

Following a grievance by mall officers, the BKC Police registered a First Info Report (FIR) below the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections associated to ‘impersonating a public servant’ and ‘illegal entry whereas armed with a lethal weapon’. Police then traced and arrested all three males.

The Mumbai Crime Department is conducting a parallel investigation to confirm the authenticity of the id card and verify the accused’s precise motive, officers added.

(With inputs from PTI)