An area businessman and his armed bodyguard have been arrested in Mumbai on Monday after the person allegedly tried to realize entry to the Jio World Plaza, a shopping center that’s in the identical compound because the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC), utilizing a solid id card, claiming he labored for the Prime Minister’s Office, police mentioned on Tuesday.
It’s unclear why the businessman, recognized by police as Rohan Parekh, tried to enter the premises in Bandra Kurla Complex a day earlier than Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to attend the World Fintech Fest at NMACC.
Police mentioned Parekh, who instructed investigators he ran a drone enterprise in Khar, recognized himself as a PMO official to realize entry to the venue on Monday. He additionally confirmed them his id card, which safety officers discovered to be a pretend.
Parekh and his bodyguard, an ex-serviceman, have been handed over to Mumbai police after it turned out that the bodyguard was carrying a licensed firearm.
The crime department grilled the 2 and later arrested them below an FIR registered on the Bandra Kurla Complicated police station below varied provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, together with impersonation of a public servant and illegal entry armed with a weapon. Each of them have been despatched to the police custody until September 11.
Police mentioned they discovered no hyperlink between their go to to the advanced on Monday and PM Modi’s go to on Tuesday.
PM Modi is because of be on the conference centre the place World Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026, dubbed the world’s largest fintech platform, is being held. It began on September 8 and can proceed until September 11 on the Jio World Centre.
