A 24-year-old man was arrested in Mumbai after he allegedly used the AI tool ChatGPT to generate fake credentials and official documents for the Prime Minister’s Office. The incident occurred on Monday at a luxury mall, where the suspect confronted security guards while claiming to be a PMO official. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the creation of the fraudulent documents.
After hearing both sides, the court held that the grounds cited in the remand report did not justify extending police custody and sent Parikh and Kunde to judicial custody. The police submitted while opposing bail for Rohan Parikh and his associate Dilip Kunde, 49, at the end of their custodial remand, PTI reported. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate D S Khedekar of the Esplanade Court rejected the police’s plea for further custody and sent both accused to 14 days in judicial custody.
Police told the court that multiple forged English-language documents linked to the PMO were recovered during a search of Parikh’s residence. Police said the documents were created using ChatGPT . “Parikh has confessed to fabricating the fake PMO ID and related official documents using ChatGPT since 2025 to elevate his social standing and boost his self-esteem within his family and social circles,” the police said in their remand application. Maneshinde told the court that police had already seized the accused’s mobile phones, laptop and various other documents, leaving nothing further to be recovered. “Nothing further remains to be seized from the accused,” he argued.
