Man posing as PM’s spiritual adviser arrested

New Delhi: The Delhi police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly seeking favours by posing as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s spiritual adviser. The accused, identified as Pulkit Mishra, a kathak dancer, was arrested  by the police based on a complaint received from the Prime Minister’s Office. Fake documents were also seized from Mishra, who operates from Ghaziabad.

Mishra, a kathak dancer, landed in trouble for his greed to avail government perks and privileges by posing as an official of the ministry of culture, which landed him in the police net, said an officer from the Crime Branch o n Friday.

The accused has been running a Kathak School in Shalimar Garden, added the police. Based on a tip-off, he was arrested from Sahibabad, Uttar Pradesh, by a special operation squad on Thursday and has been taken into police remand for five days, Joy Tirkey, DCP (Crime), said.

The police said a case was registered against him in August after they received a complaint from the Government of India alleging that he used to impersonate as Director of Art in the ministry of culture and used to send fax messages to district magistrates and superintendent of police of various cities seeking government facilities.

The accused posed either as director or secretary of Ministry of Culture to seek government accommodation or security from the district magistrate or other government officials. The incident came to light after a letter was issued to the DM of UP’s Sitapur in the name of a person claiming to be the secretary of ministry culture, seeking security and accommodation for Maharaj and his disciples who wanted to visit an old temple in Sitapur.