Indian police have arrested a British-educated man on suspicion of running a fake embassy that extorted workers by offering ...

Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New ...

For almost eight years, the police said, an Indian man hid a range of criminal activities behind fake diplomatic missions ...

The accused, Harshvardhan Jain (47), was running the illegal West Arctic Embassy by taking a rented house in Kavinagar, and ...

After a few years in London and Dubai, Jain allegedly returned to India in 2011 and began projecting himself as a diplomat.

Suspect claimed to be ambassador of fictional nations “like West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia, Lodonia”, police say.

On July 22, 2025, a fake embassy was discovered in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Harshvardhan Jain posed as a diplomat ...

Indian police have arrested a man accused of operating a fake embassy from a rented residence near the capital and defrauding ...

UP Police say Harsh Vardhan Jain held 12 diplomatic passports and visited over 40 countries, running shell firms from ...

Harshvardhan Jain, 47, claimed to have acted as an adviser or ambassador to made-up places such as "Seborga" or "Westarctica" ...

The UP STF said Harsh Vardhan Jain made money through his shell companies by offering fake business deals and promising jobs ...