New Delhi, June 29 (Bureau) A man, who was involved in four cases of alleged forgery and cheating, was arrested by the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police from Delhi’s Shahdara area.The accused, identified as Pradeep Paliwal, was evading his arrest for the last seven years. The accused induced the complainant, Shakuntala Devi, to invest Rs 20 crore in his business of granite mining in Rajasthan and assured that he would pay complainant Rs 50 Lakh per month, said Chhaya Sharma, Joint Commissioner of Police, EOW, Delhi. During the investigation, misrepresentation by the accused was reflected in the MoU.
The accused cheated the complainant of Rs 20 crore, said Sharma.The accused allegedly hatched a well-planned conspiracy and lured the complainant to invest Rs 20 crore through misrepresentation. After duping the complainant, the accused started shifting his hideouts from Delhi to many States for the last seven years He stayed in several states including Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Delhi. As he was a wanted criminal and he used to travel in these states by a vehicle registered in the name of his business partner just to avoid flights as his LOC was operational, Sharma added.
After collective analysis of technical and manual surveillance the location of the accused was traced near a Hotel at Shahdara. After ascertaining and zeroing in on the person, Paliwal was nabbed near Cross River Mall at Karkardooma area along with his associate Vinayak Bhatt.Bhatt was handed over to CBI as he was wanted in CBI. Further, interrogation and investigation of the case was underway, said DCP.