Man arrested for posing as Amit Shah's nephew

In a shocking incident of fraud, Agra police has arrested a man who claimed to be the nephew of Home Minister Amit Shah. The accused had dialled several BJP leaders with an intention to dupe them.

Agra: Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a man for posing as Union Minister Amit Shah's nephew and reportedly trying to dupe a BJP MLA Yogendra Upadhyaya.

The accused, identified as Natwarlal, had introduced himself as Shah's nephew Viraj Saha and was planning to dupe a number of BJP leaders, police said. It is also learnt that the accused had earlier duped Naresh Sharma, an aide of BJP MLA Dr Mohan Yadav.

According to reports, the accused had dialled Agra MLA, Mayor Naveen Jain and other party leaders to seek a meeting and later cheat them.

Yogendra Upadhyaya said that the accused Viraj Saha had been calling him for the past several days, saying that he wanted to go to some hotel in Agra. Yesterday, the accused again called up Upadhayaya when he was in Agra.

The BJP leader said, "I called my son Vatsalaya to help him as the accused was seeking help to roam around. He went to the shop and made a purchase of about Rs 40,000 and then asked my son to make the payment. When my son informed me about this strange incident, I got suspicious and informed the police."

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Police officer Rohan Pramod said that BJP MLA Yogendra Upadhyaya lodged a complaint against the accused and they interrogated him.

The police said that the accused was involved in similar cases of cheating in the past as well and will be presented in the court on Monday.

A case has been registered against the accused against the relevant IPC sections pertaining to cheating and fraud.

Agra Mayor Naveen Jain also confirmed that the accused had called him up, saying that he would arrange with Amit Shah.

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