MUMBAI: A 24-year-old man arrested for allegedly entering Jio World Plaza in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) with a private security guard carrying a firearm while posing as a Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) official had been creating fake PMO documents using ChatGPT since 2025 to boost his self-esteem and impress people around him, police told a court.The accused, Rohan Parikh, and 49-year-old Dilip Kunde were remanded to 14-day judicial custody by a magistrate court on Friday after being produced at the end of their police custody.Police said a laptop and hard disk were seized during a search of Parikh’s residence. Documents purportedly belonging to the PMO were also recovered from the house.During interrogation, Parikh initially gave vague replies but later allegedly admitted to preparing the documents himself using AI tools, police said.According to police, Parikh had been creating the fake PMO documents since 2025. He allegedly told investigators that he wanted to convince his family that he was associated with a worthy cause and working for the PMO.Police had sought an additional four days of custody, citing the seriousness of the offence and the need to investigate whether the documents had been used by the accused elsewhere.Appearing for the two accused, advocate Satish Maneshinde argued that they had confessed to preparing the documents themselves and that no third party was involved. Hence, further police custody was not required, he submitted.The incident took place on September 7 at Jio World Plaza, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled event at the adjacent Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre for the Global Fintech Fest 2026.Parikh was arrested after he allegedly displayed a fake PMO identity card. Kunde, who was accompanying him, was found carrying a firearm, following which an argument broke out between the duo and mall security staff.During the argument, Parikh allegedly claimed that he was a PMO official.Police later clarified that the incident had no connection with the prime minister’s scheduled event the following day.
