‘Baron of Westarctica’: How a UP man ran fake embassy from a Ghaziabad bungalow for 7 years

Harshvardhan Jain was arrested on Tuesday by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) for operating a fake ‘Westarctica’ embassy out of a rented house in Ghaziabad’s Kavi Nagar. He posed as a ‘Baron’ representing Westarctica, a self-declared micronation claiming land in Antarctica and founded by a former US Navy officer. During the raid, officials recovered luxury cars with diplomatic plates, stamps from 34 countries, Rs 44 lakh in cash, and more

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