A fraudster from Gujarat claiming to be a senior official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO Official) in Jammu Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir) has been arrested by the police.
The fraudster identified as Kiran Bhai Patel visited Srinagar twice earlier this year.
He held a series of meetings with the officials on this occasion. Apart from that, he got all kinds of facilities including Z-plus security, bulletproof Mahindra Scorpio SUV, an official accommodation in a five-star hotel.
He was acting as Additional Director for Strategy and Promotion in the Prime Minister’s Office.
Apart from that, he traveled to different places in Jammu Kashmir under the escort of Government forces.
He also discussed with the officials about making Doodhapatri a tourism destination. But the police were suspicious in this connection.
Sources also said that the intelligence agency had alerted the JK police. The police checked him and arrested him in a hotel in Srinagar.
A team of Gujarat Police is also helping in the investigation regarding the incident. Kiran Patel was arrested 10 days ago and the police kept it a secret. But this incident came to light after the judicial arrest.
Kiran Patel has more than a thousand followers on Twitter including BJP Gujarat General Secretary Pradipsinh Vaghela. He also holds a PhD from Virginia Commonwealth University, an MBA from IIM Trichy and a BE Computer Engineer.
Sources said action has been taken against two police officers who failed to trace the fake officer.