At least four people have been taken
into custody after they allegedly listed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
Varanasi office for “sale” on OLX website, PTI reported.

The police said on Friday that the accused
took a photo of the office and put it “up for sale” on the website. The ‘Jansampark
Kaaryalay’ office of the Prime Minister is located in the Jawahar Nagar
locality of Varanasi and falls under the Bhelupur police station limits.

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“Yesterday, it came to our notice
that the prime minister’s office here has been put up on sale on OLX website.
An FIR was immediately lodged at the Bhelupur police station, and the matter is
being investigated,” Varanasi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amit
Pathak said, PTI reported.

“Four
people involved in the case have been taken in custody,” the officer said,
adding that the arrested perpetrators include the one who took the photo and also
the one who posted the ad.

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The officer said all the four accused
are being interrogation following which further legal proceedings will be
carried out.

Narendra
Modi represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha. He was first elected to the Lok
Sabha from Varanasi in 2014 and then re-elected from the constituency last
year.