India, March 13 -- A 46-year-old man who previously worked with Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was arrested on Tuesday in West Bengal's East Midnapore district for allegedly impersonating a joint secretary-rank bureaucrat, police said.

"The accused, Pradipta Raj Pandit, was arrested on Tuesday night from his ancestral home in Sutahata's Chaitanyapur village . He had come down from Delhi to attend a family event. He worked as a personal assistant to Chowdhury till last year when the latter was a Lok Sabha member," a district police officer said, requesting anonymity.

"I knew this man when I was an MP. He worked as my assistant and his salary was paid by the Parliament. I am not a Parliament member any more. I don't know anything ...