Diamond Baron Vasant Gajera, owner of jewellery manufacturing firm Laxmi Diamond, was recently arrested for allegedly forging property documents to usurp a piece of land in Vesu area in Surat.
He is the brother of Congress leader Dhiru Gajera. Gajera was summoned to the Umra police station and was arrested after questioning.
In a complaint lodged against Gajera in 2003, the complainant Vajubhai Malani claimed that the former had forged the documents to usurp his land and constructed a compound wall around it. Malani later moved the high court after police failed to act on his complaint.
The high court then ordered the police to register an FIR, stating that an offence was made out against Gajera.
DCP Vidhi Chaudhary stated, “Vasant Gajera was today arrested on the basis of the FIR after ACP (F Division) investigated the matter.”
Umra police station inspector S B Bharwad said that he was booked under sections 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine forged documents), 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
