The Crime Branch Unit 12 has arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly impersonating an IAS officer and unlawfully staying at the Customs Guest House in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) using a fake identity card. Officers seized a forged IAS ID card, several visiting cards, and a car used by the accused. An FIR has been registered at Malad Police Station, and further investigation is underway.

The accused, identified as Chandramohan Prasad Rambali Singh, a resident of Mahua in Bihar, was found carrying a fake identity card with his photo, falsely identifying him as an assistant director of defence. According to Crime Branch officials, the arrest was made on Saturday afternoon during a routine nakabandi (checkpoint) at Malad West. The operation was led by Police Inspector Balasaheb Raut, along with Constables Chavan, Sawant, Bichkar, Rane, Gorule, and Shirsat, near Silver Oak Hotel in the Malad Industrial Estate.

Name plate raises suspicions