Sushil Pagaria, the estranged younger brother of former Deputy Mayor Gajraj Pagaria was arrested on the charges of cheating and has been sent to jail on judicial remand, police said here on Wednesday.
“Sushil Pagaria was presented in the district court here on Wednesday from where he has been sent to jail on judicial remand,” Station House Officer (SHO), Civil line, Virendra Chaturvedi said.
Going by the complaint filed by Gajraj Pagaria, the SHO informed that Sushil who was Co-director in a company owned by Gajraj had allegedly got transferred company’s property at several places on his name while keeping his brother in dark.
He was booked under the Sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security will etc.), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 471 (Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record]) of Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Station H ouse Officer mentioned.
According to the police, Gajraj Pagaria had lodged a complaint in this connection of May 19. Notably, on Tuesday, some unidentified assailants had fired around 5 rounds at Gajraj’s son Priyesh at his farm house located at Bhatagaon. However, Priyesh somehow escaped after which a case was registered with Purani Basti police station.
The Purani Basti police informed that Sushil Pagaria was questioned in this connection.