Noida (UP), July 23 -- In a major crackdown, the Noida unit of the Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force has busted a fake embassy operating in Ghaziabad and arrested a man identified as Harsh Vardhan Jain for allegedly operating an illegal "embassy" while claiming to be a diplomat of non-existent "West Arctica", a senior official said on Wednesday.
Jain, a resident of KB-45, Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad, had rented a property at KB-35 in the same locality and converted it into what he claimed to be the "West Arctic Embassy."
Posing as the Consul or Ambassador of fictitious entities like West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia, Lodonia, and others, he used forged diplomatic credentials to conduct activities ranging from alleged brokerage for foreign ...