SURAT: Police arrested a 30-year-old man in Umra police station on Wednesday for allegedly using a forged voter’s identity card to rent a house in a posh locality. The accused,

, who belonged to minority community allegedly used a forged ID of Das Jaybabu Shankarbabu to get himself a rented accommodation at Neel Gagan Apartment at Athwa Gate.

Police arrested Shaikh, a native of Ganganagar in West

, after they got information about his suspicious activities. The special operation group (SOG) detained him and during interrogation he revealed the details.

Police said that Shaikh runs a massage parlour in Gaurav Path at Pal area. “Since he had to face police actions often at his massage parlour business, he said he preferred to live incognito in a posh locality where majority of the residents were Hindus. He feared that living in minority locality may irk locals if his women employees come to his home,” a police officer said.

Meanwhile, when police contacted the owner of the apartment, they found the accused had attached his photo to a fake voter’s ID card. During questioning he revealed that he had used his friend’s ID card.