Mumbai: Three people, including one who entered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event venue with a handgun, have been arrested. They are being intensively interrogated.
The international fintech conference began yesterday at the Jio World Plaza center in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in it. In this context, a 24-year-old youth went to the Jio World Plaza premises last Monday. Police personnel on duty at the entrance of the venue stopped him.
At that time, the young man claimed that he was an officer from the Prime Minister’s Office. As proof, he also showed an identity card. He had come along with another man, who appeared to be around 50 years old. That man was carrying a handgun.
Suspicious of this, the police thoroughly examined the identity card the young man had produced. It was found to be fake. Following this, both of them were arrested.
In the initial investigation, it was found that the young man who claimed to be an official from the Prime Minister’s Office was named Rohan Premal Parik (24), and the person who came with him was Dilip Raja Gunde (49). When the handgun in Dilip Raja’s possession was examined, it was discovered to be loaded with bullets. A third person connected to them has also been arrested. All three were produced before the court.
At that time, a senior lawyer appeared on behalf of Premal Parikh and argued. He stated that Premal Parikh holds a bachelor’s degree in B.Sc. Mathematics. Since 2024, he has been employing a personal security guard. That security guard has a licensed handgun.
Recently, a person named Tarun Kumar approached Premal. He himself issued the work order for a Prime Minister’s Office official. Tarun Kumar instructed him to attend an event in Mumbai where Prime Minister Modi was participating. It was on this basis that Premal Parikh went to the Jio World Plaza center. His security guard also went along with him. This is what the senior lawyer argued.
Mumbai police strongly opposed this argument. They demanded that the 3 arrested persons be interrogated intensively. Following this, with the court’s permission, all 3 were taken into police custody. They are being intensively interrogated.
Where was the fake identity card for the Prime Minister’s Office official made? How did Premal enter the Jio World Plaza complex where Prime Minister Modi was present? How did the security guard, who was carrying a handgun, get inside? Who is the gang behind them? Mumbai Crime Branch police are conducting a detailed investigation into whether there was a conspiracy to carry out an attack on Prime Minister Modi.
