India, July 23 -- Harshvardhan Jain has been arrested by the UP ATS for running a fake embassy in Ghaziabad's Kavi Nagar, which falls under the National Capital Region, in plain sight with no one suspecting a thing.

With a lavish bungalow to house his fake embassy to luxury cars, including an Audi and a Mercedes, parked outside with diplomatic number plates, Jain managed to perfect the illusion of running an embassy for seven years, until he could not.

He was running an embassy for a micronation that is not recognised by any state - West Arctica, and allegedly claimed to be the consul/ambassador of non-existent countries such as West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia, and Lodonia. On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force unearthed ...