Delhi court takes cognizance of charge sheet against Sanjay Rai Sherpuriya

New Delhis Patiala House Court on Monday took cognizance of chargesheet filed against Sanjay Prakash Rai Sherpuriya in an around Rs 145 crores alleged money laundering caseSpecial judge Shailender Malik took cognizance of EDs chargesheet against Sanjay Rai SherpuriyaHaving considered the contents of the complaint and the documents I find that prima facie there is sufficient evidence available on the record for taking the cognizance the special judge saidAccordingly I take cognizance of offence us 34 of the PML Act he said in the order on July 31The court noted that in the complaint chargesheet ED had given the details of proceeds of crime generated and allegedly laundered by the accused to be Rs 14 51 50000 As such complaint has been filed us 3 read with 4 of the PML ActED registered the present ECIR on April 28 2023 During the investigation it revealed that the accused Sanjay Prakash Rai was indulged in numerous fraudulent activities of extortion and cheatingIt is alleged that the accused duped Gaurav Dalmia for Rs 12 crores by putting him in fear of arrest in ED case out of which Rs 6 crores were deposited to Youth Rural Entrepreneur Foundation YREF and Rs 6 crores was taken in cashSimilarly the accused also allegedly cheated one Mohit Singh MD of Shipra Estate Limited for Rs 1 crore by projecting him to be very close to big politiciansIt is alleged that said Rs one crore was taken by the accused from Mohit Singh on the ground of getting him a good deal in the sale of land in Lucknow and for settling his financial litigation of loan of Rs 866 crores in Indiabulls Housing Finance LimitedIn a similar manner the accused allegedly cheated one Naveen Kumar Malhotra Sunil Chand Goyal etc as per the complaint the court notedIt is alleged that the accused used to portray himself to be close to the Prime Minister and Senior Ministers of the Government of India and cheated several persons by such false claims and earned proceeds of crime which he deposited in bank account of his sons and thereafter such proceeds of crime were further utilized by way of investment in different companiesED also said that searches were conducted at different places during the investigation Details of different properties and documents have also been given in the complaintThe court noted that Police Station Vibhuti Khand Lucknow registered an FIR on April 25 against accused Sanjay Prakash Rai for offence us 420 467 468 469 IPC as well as us 66D of IT ActThe FIR alleged that for the last several years accused Sanjay Prakash Rai through different names and different companies has been fraudulently extorting money from different persons by adopting different modes of cheatingIt is alleged that the earlier accused was the Director of several companies including Kandla Energy and Chemical LimitedIt is alleged in that case that the accused has made many IDs with different names and incorporated different companies wherein he made his trusted persons as directorsdummy directorsAccused of posting his photograph with the Prime Minister of India and other Central Ministers on social media like FacebookTwitter fraudulently deceiving many persons by misleading propaganda of being very close to the Prime Minister and other ministers of the Central Government and by giving false assurance of getting their work done allegedly cheated many people and collected huge amounts of money by harming the reputation of the Government the court noted in the orderIt is alleged that accused also registered one private company in the name of the Youth Rural Entrepreneur Foundation He had not held any position in this company but has been collecting money by promoting himself to be associated with that company on social media and representing himself as a social worker and very close to the Government of India Ministers etcIt is alleged that in the investigation of said FIR the accused was arrested by the UP STF near Kanpur Railway Station At the time of his arrest his mobile phones were seized which allegedly contained various photographs on social media Twitter Instagram etc with certain celebrities as well as the RSS Chief Honble Prime Minister and other Ministers of the Government of India to propagate to be influential in GovernmentIt is also alleged in that case that WhatsApp chat was also found with one Afaq of Ghazipur wherein accused Sanjay Prakash Rai allegedly giving cooperation in a mining contract and investment of Rs 25 crores Besides this there was also a chat with one Gaurav DalmiaThe matter has been listed on August 19 for further hearingAdvocate Naveen Kumar Matta Special Public Prosecutor SPP represented EDOn June 16 he was remanded to judicial custody in Lucknow jail after ED remand He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate from Lucknow JailThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text 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