Srinagar, May 2: Police on Tuesday filed chargesheet against Kiran Bhai Patel, a resident of Gujarat who allegedly conned the security establishment in J&K into believing him to be a PMO official and enjoyed five-star protocol “brazenly” for a considerable period of time prior to his arrest.
The chargesheet was filed before Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar in the case (FIR No: 19/2023) registered in police station Nishat. The chargesheet has been filed for offences under IPC Sections 419, 420, 468, 471, 170, 120B and Sections 3, 5 of Emblem & Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950, police said in a statement.
On April 6, the court had handed over custody of Patel alias Bansi to Gujarat counterparts as Crime Branch Ahmedabad City said that he was required in a case (FIR No. 11191011230073/2023) under section 406, 420, 170 and 120-B of the IPC there.
The court had directed the Gujarat police to hand over the custody of Patel to the Police Station Nishat Srinagar after due completion of the investigation. On April 25, the court had ordered his lodgment in Central Jail, Srinagar.
Pertinently Patel was on his third visit to the Kashmir Valley when he was nabbed by security officials from a five-star hotel in Nishat area of Srinagar on March 2.
As per the police report, Patel has prima facie forged and manufactured some documents including some visiting cards on the basis of which he has defrauded not only a single or group of person but “extremely elevated class of the society including high officials of the civil administration and police authorities.” At the end of the day, the police said, Patel succeeded in getting Z Category Security, bullet proof vehicle and enjoyed five star protocol “brazenly” for a considerable period of time.
