India, Sept. 11 -- A 24-year-old man arrested earlier this week for allegedly using a fake Prime Minister's Office (PMO) card at a luxury shopping mall in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) area has claimed he wanted to impress his family and convince them he was working for a "worthy cause", a police official said on Thursday.

Rohan Parikh (24) was arrested with a fake PMO card after the man accompanying him, identified as Dilip Kunde (49), was found to be carrying a firearm and an argument ensued between the duo and Jio World Plaza mall's security staff.

During the argument, Parikh allegedly claimed he was a PMO official. The incident took place on September 7, a day prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event at the adjacent Nita ...