Overview

• Special Task Force officers arrested Harsh Vardhan Jain on July 22 for posing as an ambassador of self-declared micronations including West Arctica.
• The raid uncovered four luxury cars with counterfeit diplomatic plates, 12 forged passports, 34 rubber seals and 18 fake diplomatic number plates.
• Investigators seized forged Ministry of External Affairs documents, fake PAN and press cards, ₹44.7 lakh in cash and foreign currency.
• Evidence suggests Jain promised overseas business and job placements to dupe clients and ran a suspected hawala network through shell companies.
• An FIR under charges of forgery, impersonation and improper use of diplomatic emblems has been lodged at Kavi Nagar police station.