TW Newsdesk, March 17: A man who pretended to be a senior member of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and met with influential figures in the Union territory has been arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

Kiran Bhai Patel, the suspected scam artist, used to introduce himself as the Assistant Director in the PMO. Kiran Patel has been travelling to the Kashmir Valley since last October. He even travelled from Lal Chowk in Srinagar through the Kaman Post in Uri, which is nearer the Line of Control (LoC), before being arrested.