Another Gujarat man arrested for posing as PMO official, FIR says tried to ‘damage country’s image’

A man from Gujarat’s Vadodara city was on Friday arrested for posing as an official from the Prime Minister’s Office to get two of his friend’s children admitted to a private school, PTI reported.

The accused person, identified as Mayank Tiwari, passed himself off as a director of strategic advisory and director of government advisory in the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi, an official from Waghodia police station in Vadodara told the news agency.

According to the first information report, the 45-year-old had also persuaded Gitika Patel, a trustee of Vadodara’s Parul University, to consider making a huge investment in education projects, The Indian Express reported.

In March last year, Tiwari had approached the New Era School seeking admission for the two children. He claimed their father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army and was being transferred to Vadodara from Pune, according to a complaint by a staff member of the school.

The school’s director had asked Tiwari to meet Patel, who is also the trustee of the school, the police said.

During their meeting, Tiwari reportedly told her that he could use his clout as a PMO officer to get the school involved in the field of education research and bag several projects if she took care of the...

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