Vadodara resident arrested for posing as PMO official

According to officials, Tiwari was arrested after he falsely represented himself to the administrators of private schools in Vadodara for securing admission for two children

Gujarat police on Saturday arrested a man in Vadodara for falsely posing as an officer from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), officials said. This comes a few months after the arrest of conman Kiran Patel in Kashmir, who also posed as a PMO official.

The accused, identified as Mayank Parashuram Tiwari is a resident of Vadodara’s Chanakaypuri area (Representative Photo)

The accused, identified as Mayank Parashuram Tiwari, a resident of Vadodara’s Chanakaypuri area, has been taken into custody on charges of impersonating as Director Strategic Advisory at the PMO, SP Rohan Anand of Vadodara Rural told HT on Saturday.

The Waghodia police have registered a case against Tiwari under Indian Penal Code sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), and 170 (personating a public servant), he said.

According to officials, Tiwari was arrested after he falsely represented himself to the administrators of private schools in Vadodara for securing admission for two children.

Using his fake identity, the accused also allegedly tried to extort a significant amount of money from the school authorities and also orchestrated the transfer of a student’s hostel room at a university in Waghodia, officials said.

Subsequently, the trustee discovered that Tiwari was not a PMO official and had deceived them with his fabricated narrative of possessing significant influence. Realising the deception, the trustee informed the school about the situation, raising the alarm last month.

Based on the complaint filed by the school authority, a first information report (FIR) was registered and Tiwari was apprehended.