The Mumbai Police Crime Branch Unit 1 has filed a case against a 52-year-old man accused of misleading officials at the police commissioner’s office. He allegedly claimed to have connections with a Union minister’s personal assistant, hoping to influence the outcome of his visit. The incident took place on Tuesday inside the new administrative building of the Mumbai Police Headquarters during the weekly public grievance hearing, which is attended by the police commissioner.

According to the FIR filed by Constable Yogesh Hanumant Abke, 34, of the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), the accused has been identified as Dhirajkumar Chiranjilal Vyas, while another man, Bharat Mann, is under investigation. According to the police, Vyas had approached the commissioner’s office with a complaint regarding financial transactions.