Kiran J Patel, with a verified Twitter account and over a thousand followers, posed as an additional director for strategy and campaigns in the Prime Minister’s Office and traveled to various tourist destinations in Kashmir, including Gulmarg. He claimed that the government had tasked him with improving hotel facilities in the area, even securing Z-plus security cover, a bulletproof SUV, and official accommodation at a five-star hotel in Jammu and Kashmir.
However, he was caught by alert security officials on his third visit to the Kashmir Valley and subsequently arrested by police from a five-star hotel in Srinagar for impersonating an ‘additional secretary’ in the Centre and taking advantage of security and hospitality services. This information was reported by news agency PTI.
