Kalpesh Daftary, man who defrauded Mukesh Ambani’s RIL, booked

Team Udayavani, Jan 18, 2021, 10:02 AM IST

Mumbai: A money laundering case has been registered against Kalpesh Daftary, the man who defrauded Mukesh Ambani.

The ED has attached assets worth Rs 4.87 crore of Kalpesh Daftary-owned Sankalp Creation Private Limited. The attached property includes a commercial complex located in Mumbai and four commercial properties in Rajkot.

The ED is conducting the investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PLMA) based on FIR filed by the CBI.

The ED reported that Kalpesh Daftary, along with other people sold 13 licenses of the Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana (VKGUY). These licenses were sold to Ambani’s Reliance Industries.

The investigation also revealed that Rs 6.8 crore was sold by selling 13 licenses, which were transferred from one company to another so no one would know about the scam.

More names like Niaz Ahmed, Piyush Viramgama, Vijay Gandhi came up along with Kalpesh Daftary. The probe also found that the money was used by Daftary and others.

As per reports, ED also released an official press release in this regard stating that the CBI has filed an FIR and that it has registered a case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 477A of IPC. In addition to Sections 13 (2) and 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.