The Bangur Nagar Police in Mumbai have arrested a man who posed as a police officer and cheated a hotel owner by staying at his lodge without paying the bill, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Prakash Gyanadev Jadhav, alias Pakya (41), a resident of Ambujwadi, Malwani, Malad West, was apprehended from Link Road, Goregaon West, in the early hours of November 4, at around 1:53 am, said officials.