India, Nov. 3 -- LUCKNOW A man arrested for posing as an IRS officer and trying to meet visiting Tripura chief minister Manik Saha at a Lucknow hotel faked a heart attack in an attempt to evade police custody, said officials on Monday.

The accused, Prashant Mohan, a resident of Bihar, had been staying at a five-star hotel at Lucknow's Vibhuti Khand since October 30. On October 31, he attempted to meet the CM who was staying on the same floor of the hotel and was in town to attend a conference at KGMU, said police.

According to officials, Prashant claimed to be an additional commissioner in the ministry of finance and forced his way towards the CM's suite, flashing a fake IRS identity card. When the chief minister's security team became ...