A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly posing as the PA of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant and cheating the owner of the famous `Bademiya` restaurant of more than Rs 11.2 lakh. Suraj R Kalav, the accused, allegedly ordered hundreds of plates of food from the eatery while also promising to arrange admission for the complainant`s daughter at the Government Law College, a police official said. Jamal Mohammed Yasin Shaikh, the restaurant owner, lodged a complaint in this regard a couple of days ago, he said.

The accused called him last month, claimed to be the personal assistant of MP Arvind Sawant, and ordered food at an address at Bharat Mata junction at Lalbaug in central Mumbai, Shaikh said. He ordered food every day between July 2 to 29, the period during which monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature was underway, promising to settle the bill in a single payment, the restaurant owner alleged.