45-yr-old woman held over forged foreign embassy number plate

A 45-year-old woman has been arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch for allegedly using a forged foreign embassy number plate on an Innova car and moving freely through high-security diplomatic zones of the national capital ahead of Republic Day, raising serious national security concerns.

- PRAJYOT DEOGHARE

Police said the woman was intercepted in the Vasant Vihar area while driving a vehicle displaying counterfeit diplomatic registration plates resembling those issued by a foreign embassy.

The case has attracted wider attention after videos and photographs surfaced on social media platforms, including Facebook and X, purportedly showing the woman attending a BRICS-related programme in Russia and posing with foreign diplomats.