The bill was not given for food eaten at a hotel while claiming to be the 'Collector'; a fake IAS officer from Gujarat was caught in Indore. The car and house also had nameplates affixed on them.

In Indore, Madhya Pradesh, police have arrested a young man who was misleading people by posing as the District Collector. The accused had put up a nameplate outside his rented house that read "IAS Raj Soni, District Collector." Inside the house, he tried to portray himself as an officer with a photo frame displaying the words "Satyamev Jayate." According to the police, the accused has been identified as Himanshu Panchal (28), who is originally from Sabarmati in Ahmedabad.