New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as a journalist of a reputed entertainment supplement and duping people after gate crashing page-three events at 5-star hotels, police said on Friday. The accused Ashish John, a resident of Moti Nagar, duped people by claiming to get their work done through his high-profile contacts.

John was arrested on Thursday night when he was attending a page-three event at a luxurious hotel in Lutyens' Delhi. Following a tip-off, the police alerted the security personnel of the hotel and organisers of the event which lead to his arrest, a senior police officer said. A day before he was arrested, John attended another promotional event at another hotel."Interrogation revealed that John often visited such events and clicked pictures with celebrities and VIPs," said Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi).