India, Feb. 4 -- The Amritsar commissionerate police have arrested a man for allegedly impersonating Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh to exert unlawful pressure on government staff, police said on Tuesday.

According to the police, a case under Sections 204, 217, 221 and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered against Harjit Singh (57), a resident of Gurbaksh Nagar in Amritsar, at the A-Division police station in Amritsar. The case is based on a written complaint filed by a senior medical officer (SMO) posted at the Amritsar civil hospital.

Police said the complainant reported receiving a phone call at around 10.30am on Tuesday in which the caller initially introduced himself as cabinet minister Dr Balbir Si...