Amdavad: The crime branch team on Monday conducted a search operation at conman Kiran Patel’s residence at Prestige bungalows in Ghodasar along with him.

During the 2-hour raid, the crime branch team found 23-year-old blank stamp papers and the renovation plans for Jagdish Chavda’s home, as well as the Vastu Pujan Patrika. However, the police were unable to find any degree certificates for Patel’s foreign studies. The team also obtained Patel’s bank account statement, which showed no significant transactions in the past three years.

Additionally, the police found three blank stamp papers of Rs 100 and one of Rs 50 purchased in 2000, keys to Jagdish Chavda’s house in Nilkanth Green Bungalows, and the Vastu Pujan Patrika of Nilkanth Green Bungalows. They also found chequebooks and passbooks of five banks, including Allahabad, Union, and HDFC bank.

Kiran Patel allegedly opened a store in Thailand with fraud money and sends Brother run it

Kiran Patel allegedly used the money obtained from his fraudulent activities to open a large store in Thailand and sent his brother, Manish, and his wife, to run it. However, the couple has been ‘wanted’ in two fraud cases for the past 5 years.

In one case, Kiran Patel, his wife Malini, his brother Manish, and his wife Darshana allegedly defrauded a retired police officer and his son of Rs 78 lakh by falsely claiming that they needed luxury cars for transportation purposes for saints in Vadtal Swaminarayan Mandir in 2017. Kiran and Malini were arrested in connection with the case, but Manish and Darshana absconded.

In another case, Kiran Patel, his maternal uncle Viththal Patel, his brother Manish, and his wife Darshana borrowed Rs 1.75 crore from Ashishbhai Patel in Radodara, Bayad taluka. They paid Rs 49.33 lakh to him when he demanded his money. Ashishbhai informed about it the then-home minister as they didn’t pay the remaining Rs 1.25 crore and filed a complaint about it in Bayad police station against Kiran Patel and other accused. Kiran Patel was in custody for three months in that case.

According to reports, Kiran Patel allegedly used the money he made from these frauds to open a store in Thailand, which he then handed over to his brother and sister-in-law to run. DeshGujarat