A court here today issued arrest warrant against Vijender Aggarwal in a case filed against him and an astrologer for allegedly cheating an American citizen of Indian origin of Rs 2 crore in connection with a purported land deal here in 2011.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass issued warrant against Aggarwal after he failed to appear before the court in pursuance to its earlier order in case in which he was named in a charge sheet along with astrologer Suresh Shreemali.
The court, meanwhile, granted exemption from personal appearance to Shreemali for the day and put up the matter for further hearing on September 9.
The court had issued the NBW on April 12 after he had failed to appear before it in pursuance to the summons issued against him earlier.
The case was filed on the complaint of Ramesh Bhatia, an Indian origin hotelier in New York.
In his complaint, filed through advocate Falak Mohd, Bhatia had claimed that the accused had cheated him and induced him to give the money for buying a piece of land which never existed.
The complaint said during his visit to New York in 2007, Shreemali had asked Bhatia to invest in real estate business in India and persuaded him to buy a piece of land.
Bhatia paid Rs two crore for the land, but later realised that accused had cheated him in the matter.
The police had filed a charge sheet in the case in January under the sections of 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.
"Accused Suresh Shreemali hatched a criminal conspiracy in connivance with other accused Vijender Aggarwal and cheated the complainant. He induced the complainant for making investment in India...
"He has received an amount of Rs 20 lakh from Vijender Aggarwal, from the amount received from the complainant and also got transferred the land of Rs 48 lakh from Vijender Aggarwal in the name of his servant Bajrang Gahlot adjusting the payment received from the complainant. Thus, accused Shreemali has cheated the complainant and he is liable for an offence under section 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) IPC," the charge sheet said.
