KANPUR, Aug. 8 -- A grocery store owner has been arrested for impersonating a cabinet minister from Madhya Pradesh and trying to influence the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Etawah in connection with an ongoing criminal case.

The accused, identified as Ankit Singh Parihar, a resident of Sahson Pirauli Garhia, allegedly impersonated Madhya Pradesh energy minister Pradyumna Singh Tomar and repeatedly called the SSP's official number, seeking favourable action in a case registered at Sahson police station involving his brother Lokendra Singh alias Shivam. He also attempted to have the local station in-charge removed.

SSP Brijesh Kumar Srivastava stated that after receiving suspicious calls over two consecutive days, technical survei...