In the alleged fraud case of Rs two crore lodged against the brother of former Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Kishore Upadhyaya-- Sachin Upadhyaya and his wife Nazia Izuddin by their former business partner Mukesh Joshi, police headquarters has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for the re-investigation of the case.
Director General (Law and Order) Ashok Kumar said, “A First Information Report (FIR) was filed by complainant Mukesh Joshi in Rajpur police station in 2017. An SIT has been formed for the re-investigation.”
According to the sources, the SIT has yet not received the full details of the past investigation and court proceedings in the case. According to the complainant, Sachin Upadhyaya and his wife Nazia Izuddin fraudulently without his consent took loans from different banks by putting a land fully owned by the complainant on mortgage.
The FIR lodged against them was under the 420, 466, 468, 471, 504 and 506 sections of the India Penal Code (IPC).
The SIT has now been set up under the supervision of Dalanwala Circle Officer (CO) Jaya Baloni.According to reliable sources, the accused have allegedly usurped lands at Sahastradhara and few other places in Uttarakhand too.
However the present investigation is based only on the FIR lodged by Mukesh Joshi at Rajpur police station.