Cheating case: Ex-Religare chairman detained at IGIA
New Delhi: The Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Thursday detained former Religare chairman Sunil Godhwani at Delhi's IGI Airport. Additional Commissioner of Police (EOW) Suvashis Choudhary confirmed the news. He said that Godhwani was detained and being questioned in cheating case. According to police, he was to fly to London from IGI Airport.
In the year 2019 (March) EOW of the Delhi Police registered a case of cheating. In which promoters Malvinder Mohan Singh, Shivinder Mohan Singh, Sunil Godhwani and other persons were suspects. "Case FIR 50 /19 u/s 409, 420,120B IPC was regd on complaint of Religare Finvest (RFL) that Malvinder M Singh, Shivinder M Singh & ors having control on REL, put RFL in poor financial condn by disbursing loans to entities controlled by them causing loss of Rs 2397 Crs to RFL," tweeted EOW in March.
The first information report in the case revealed that Sunil Godhwani was close associate to Malvinder Mohan Singh, Shivinder Mohan Singh "REL is of the belief, which belief is also shared by the complainant company particularly in respect of its own business that Malvinder Mohan Singh, Shivinder Mohan Singh and Sunil Godhwani have colluded and siphoned off funds from REL and its subsidiaries, which include the complainant company and committed corporate fraud," reads the first information report. "As such REL and the complaint company have filed a separate complaint with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for an investigation into the said corporate fraud," further reads FIR copy. A case under sections 409,420 amd 120 B registered with EOW.
Property fraud probed
The EOW is probing a case of property fraud. The investigating agency, apart from two suspects, are probing the role of government officials in the case. According to police, the complainant reported that property in Okhla, measuring about 1200 sq yeards was originally alloted by DDA to proprietorship firm being run by its proprietor. The proprietor sold the property to the complainant, wife of complainant, his brother and brother's wife through four agreements to sell, four registered wills dated 22-04-1994 and receipts and possession letters.
Police further said that it was also alleged by the complainant that his brother and brother's wife in connivance with government official working as lease admn officer and other officials from other government body without the original lease deed dated 9/3/1994 got the property transferred/mutated in their names on the basis of forged aggrement to sell dated 22/4/94 and other documents purportedly executed by the proprietor.
