India, July 18 -- A man accused of duping citizens by claiming to wield influence in the Pune Municipal Corporation and who is also suspected of sending an objectionable message to PMC commissioner Naval Kishore Ram over an alleged financial transaction, has been arrested by the Shivajinagar police.

The accused, identified as Vijendra Hanumant Pawar, was detained by the PMC's security department inside the civic headquarters on Thursday evening before being handed over to the police. Vijendra Pawar has also been booked for cheating a property tax defaulter of Rs.6 lakh by promising to get his tax dues reduced. As per the police complaint lodged by Santosh Gangaram Naik, a resident of Charholi Budruk, Vijendra Pawar allegedly introduced h...