Overview
- Security at Jio World Plaza stopped three men after one showed a digital PMO identity card on Monday and a dispute surfaced when a companion was found carrying a licensed revolver.
- Authorities arrested 24‑year‑old Rohan Parekh and 49‑year‑old Dilip Kunde and remanded them to police custody while the third man, Prathamesh Bagul, remains absconding.
- Investigators with the Mumbai Crime Branch’s Crime Intelligence Unit have seized phones and documents and are conducting forensic checks on devices and the digital ID.
- Police say they have found no official PMO appointment letter, email, or record to back Parekh’s claim that he worked for the office, and sources say Parekh told officers he staged the episode to impress his fiancee and family.
- Officials suspect the digital PMO pass may have been generated with artificial intelligence, a development that raises questions about how convincing forged credentials can bypass VIP security and could prompt tighter checks at event venues.