India, Oct. 30 -- Three people, who attended the grievance redressal sitting conducted by Mumbai police commissioner Deven Bharti, by flaunting the name of the personal assistant of a Union minister, were detained by crime branch sleuths.

Police later found there was no personal assistant to any Union minister by the name given by the trio, nor had any senior police officer received any information from any Union minister regarding their visit to the police commissioner's office. Police registered an offence against one of the three; he was arrested and later released.

Bharti meets members of the public at 3.30pm every Tuesday to address grievances about the police force. On October 28, three people identified as Ashok Shah, 58, a busin...