Fake embassy
IT’s become a laughing matter, but on a serious note, it is anything but. The arrest of a man accused of running a fake embassy, no less, in Ghaziabad near Delhi is beyond embarrassing. The Indian trademark dalliance with all things fake has been taken to a bizarre level — a new low undoubtedly, though many might consider it a new high — by a certain Harsh Vardhan Jain. He has been arrested for allegedly posing as an ambassador and duping people by promising overseas jobs, claiming links to obscure entities like ‘Saborga’ and ‘West Arctica’. Hiding in plain sight, his fake setup included cars with bogus diplomatic plates and rooms decked with international flags. Doctored photographs have been seized showing Jain with world leaders, along with counterfeit seals. That this charade went unnoticed for nearly eight years is what begs the obvious question — just how did this escape scrutiny?
