Ahmedabad: Alleged conman from Gujarat Kiran Patel, held in Jammu and Kashmir for posing as a high official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), has been booked by the Ahmedabad cops on dishonest and felony conspiracy costs for attempting to usurp a senior citizen’s bungalow right here utilizing the identical tactic, an official has mentioned. Patel, a resident of the Ghodasar space of the town, was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police earlier this month from a five-star lodge in Srinagar after the authorities grew suspicious about his actions.
On Wednesday, the Ahmedabad metropolis crime department lodged a case of dishonest (Indian Penal Code part 420), felony breach of belief (406), felony conspiracy (120-b) and personating a public servant (170) in opposition to the alleged conman, mentioned Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Chaitanya Mandlik, on Thursday. Patel’s spouse Malini Patel has been proven as a co-accused within the FIR (first info report), he mentioned.
“As per our information, four FIRs related to cheating have been registered against Kiran Patel in different police stations of Gujarat in the past. Since he is in judicial custody, we will try to bring him here through a transfer warrant,” Mandlik mentioned.
In the most recent FIR, it’s alleged that Patel tried to seize a bungalow in a complicated locality in Ahmedabad by successful the belief of its proprietor by way of false claims of being a “Class 1 officer in the PMO” and having shut relations with politicians.
The complainant, 63-year-old Jagdish Chavda, owns a bungalow within the Shilaj space however needed to promote it due to private causes. Patel approached Chavda in February 2022, claiming to be an actual property agent, and informed the proprietor his property would fetch a great worth if it was renovated. To win Chavda’s belief, Patel then recognized himself as a “Class-1 officer in the PMO” in addition to a companion in a restaurant chain.
When Chavda agreed for the bungalow’s renovation, Patel, his spouse Malini and an inside designer began the work and took Rs 35 lakh in instalments from him, the FIR mentioned.
As renovation was underway, Chavda shifted to his good friend’s residence within the Shela space. After a while, Chavda learnt that Patel and his spouse had put their very own title plate outdoors the bungalow and in addition did a house-warming ritual as in the event that they have been the homeowners.
When confronted, the Patel couple left the bungalow with out ending the renovation work, following which Chavda and his household moved again into the home, in line with the police.
In August 2022, Chavda learnt by way of a court docket discover that Patel had filed a civil swimsuit claiming possession of the property, mentioned the FIR. In August 2019, a city-based decorator had lodged a grievance in Vadodara in opposition to Patel and two others for allegedly duping him of Rs 1 crore.
As per the FIR registered on the Raopura police station in 2019, Patel together with two occasion organisers – Dipesh Sheth and Dhara Sheth – had approached the complainant, Paritosh Shah, to embellish Navlakhi floor in Vadodara for a Navratri occasion held in October 2018. While the trio paid practically Rs 50 lakh to Shah in varied instalments for the work carried out, they began giving excuses to clear the remaining invoice of Rs 1 crore, as per the FIR.
At one level, Patel even threatened Shah with dire penalties claiming he was politically well-connected. When the trio refused to pay the pending cash, Shah lodged a grievance with the Raopura police in August 2019.
An identical grievance of dishonest and breach of belief was registered in opposition to Patel in Bayad city of Arvalli district in August 2020. As per the FIR registered by the Bayad police, Patel alongside along with his brother Manish Patel and the latter’s spouse Darshna had satisfied three individuals of Bayad to speculate their financial savings within the tobacco and cattle feed enterprise for good returns.
In all, the accused took Rs 1.75 crore from one Ashish Patel and two of his mates by promising excessive returns on their investments, mentioned the police doc. When cheques given by the accused acquired dishonoured, complainant Ashish Patel and others sought their a refund, following which, the trio returned practically Rs 50 lakh, however refused to pay the remaining sum of Rs 1.25 crore, mentioned the FIR.
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