The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the police to probe the allegations of cheating levelled against the promoter of…
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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the police to probe the allegations of cheating levelled against the promoter of Gitanjali Gems, Mehul Choksi, in an FIR lodged by the owner of one of its retail franchisees on the orders of a magisterial court.
Interestingly, Choksi is an uncle of billionaire Nirav Modi.
Investigative agencies have launched proceedings against them in connection with the Rs 11,500 crore scam concerning Punjab National Bank.
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While noting that the investigation in this connection got stopped as the complainant and the accused were trying to negotiate a settlement, a bench of Justice Mukta Gupta asked the police to file a report on the matter.
However, the bench maintained that the interim protection given to Choksi in April last year from any coercive action would continue as granted.
The lawyer of the complainant had sought removal of the interim protection granted to Choksi.
The court, however, rejected the request. It said, according to the police, Choksi had been cooperating with the probe, but if he does not do so in future, then withdrawal of the protection granted to him shall be considered.
Choksi has filed a plea in the high court for getting quashed the FIR lodged against him for allegedly cheating an engineer’s firm, RM Green Solutions, in 2016.
The FIR was lodged on a magisterial court’s order on a complaint filed by the engineer-owner, Vaibhav Khuraniya, alleging that his company, RM Green Solutions, had got a retail franchise from Gitanjali on an assurance of high returns in the business.
However, the engineer noticed that he had been cheated on the day of opening of his retail franchise store in West Delhi’s Rajouri Garden in October 2013.
He alleged that his store had received third-grade diamonds and other items worth around Rs 50-70 lakh though he had been assured of stocks worth Rs 3 crore in the form of diamond jewellery and other gifts on a security deposit of Rs 1.5 crore. The FIR was lodged at South Delhi’s Amar Colony police station.
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