AHMEDABAD: Sanjiv Shah, a Navrangpura businessman, lodged a complaint with the city crime branch on Friday against four persons, accusing them of cheating him of Rs 1.57 crore.
The accused are Paldi’s Tejal Choksi, his wife Sonali Choksi, and their son Rushabh. The other accused is Nayan Kalyan Sutaria of Khanpur. According to the complaint, Shah’s elder brother Dharmesh is a resident of Chandanbala Flats in Paldi. Below Dharmesh’s flat is the Choksi home. Crime branch sources said that in 2010, the bank from which Choksi had taken a loan for the flat had initiated the procedure to seal the flat. “Choksi and other accused had asked Dharmesh to help pay the loan,” a police source said. “Choksi had said that once the loan is paid he will sell his flat and shop at Manek Chowk and return the money.”
Crime branch sources said that as Choksi was a friend of his elder brother, Shah was ready to help. “Shah gave Choksi the money required to pay the loan and other expenses totalling Rs 1.57 crore,” the source said. “Choksi had given Shah the documents of the flat and the shop as security.” But neither the money nor the properties came to Shah.