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Delhi Police Launch Probe Into 'Impersonation' Of PMO Official After Designer's Email Refusing Request For PM Modi

Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana posted a screenshot of the e-mails exchanged between the impersonator and the designer who refused to make a table specifically for the use of PM Modi.

New Delhi: A matter of impersonation and identity fraud of an office bearer at the Prime Minister's Office has surfaced as a designer claimed that he had received an e-mail from a PMO official asking him to design a table specifically for the use of PM Narendra Modi.

The Delhi Police has launched an investigation on the basis of a complaint received about the alleged impersonation of an official posted at the PMO, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana informed.

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Taking to Twitter, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana posted a screenshot of the e-mails exchanged between the impersonator and designer Kunal Merchant.

"We have received a complaint regarding forgery, impersonation and identity fraud of an office bearer at the Prime Minister's Office. Matter is under investigation," he tweeted from his official Twitter handle and tagged the PMO and the Home Minister's Office (HMO).

Designer Kunal Merchant claimed that he had received an e-mail from one Vivek Kumar, who is posted at the PMO, asking him to design a table specifically for the use of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Merchant posted a screenshot of his e-mail on Instagram revealing that he had declined the offer due to his "political and ideological differences".

News agency PTI reported sources as revealing that a case has been registered and the person in question has been contacted.

His device will be examined, they said.

More details about the investigation are awaited.

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