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Police in India have arrested a person accused of operating a bogus embassy from a rented home close to the capital, New Delhi, and recovered automobiles with pretend diplomatic plates.
The suspect, Harshvardhan Jain, impersonated an envoy and allegedly duped individuals for cash by promising them work abroad, based on Sushil Ghule, a senior police officer with Uttar Pradesh state’s particular process pressure in northern India.
The 47-year-old claimed to have acted as an adviser or ambassador to made-up locations akin to “Seborga” or “Westarctica”, the authorities mentioned.
Police recovered 4 automobiles bearing pretend diplomatic plates and practically 4.5 million Indian rupees (€44,400) and different foreign currency echange in money from Jain’s rented premises.
In addition they discovered a number of doctored pictures exhibiting Jain with world leaders, and faux seals of India’s overseas ministry and practically three dozen nations.
Jain is suspected of unlawful cash laundering by way of shell firms overseas, and can also be going through fees of forgery, impersonation and possessing pretend paperwork, police mentioned.
Neither Jain nor his lawyer have commented on the arrest.
Further sources • AP
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