Conman Kiran Patel cheated many in Gujarat
The Hindu
In Gujarat, he faces multiple Police cases of cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy.
Kiran Patel, who has been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police for impersonating being a top ranking official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has apparently cheated many people in Gujarat promising government contracts or clearances.
After his arrest by the Police in the Union Territory, several people went public accusing him of cheating and fraud in Ahmedabad, Vadodara and even North Gujarat.
“He came to my office thrice and promised me to get contracts from the state government flaunting his connections with the politicians and bureaucrats,” a businessman from Ahmedabad told The Hindu.
He has allegedly duped several people of more than Rs 5 crore as per the cases of cheating registered in Ahmedabad and Vadodara and other places.
Now, Gujarat’s Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has reportedly joined the probe along with the Police of the Union Territory to investigate how he operated his network and who helped him in giving him access to the officials and functionaries in the government.
In Gujarat, he faces multiple Police cases of cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy but reportedly faced no Police action and went around doing his business with his powerful connections.
Way back in 2017, he had duped a Policeman’s relative of Rs one crore while posing as an official of the PMO.
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