Fortis Healthcare ex-promoter Shivinder Singh’s wife Aditi Singh duped of Rs 200 crore

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, Aug 19

Delhi Police on Thursday said they have registered a case on the complaint Aditi S Singh, wife of former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Singh, who alleged that she was cheated of Rs 200 crore by a man posing as an official of the Union Ministry of Law on the promise of helping her in her husband’s cases.

Additional Commissioner in the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police RK Singh in an official statement said, “She reported that that she received a call in June 2020, on her mobile phone and in which the caller introduced himself as a senior officer in Ministry of Law and proposed to help her in securing bail for her husband.”

The person demanded money for getting the work done and conveyed the modalities regarding delivery of money to Singh, he added.

On the complaint and after registering the case an enquiry was conducted in which it was established that Sukash Chandra Shekar alias Sukesh, who was lodged in Rohini Jail, is the mastermind behind this offence, the Police official said.

In order to unearth the entire conspiracy, a trap was laid to capture the person getting the delivery of money and thus accused Pradeep Ramdanee and Deepak Ramnani were arrested in this case on August 7 and 8, 2021 respectively.

“The interrogation of the arrested accused persons led to the revelation that Sukash Chandra Shekar was running this extortion racket by using mobile phones from inside the jail. Accused Sukash has spoofed the landline numbers of the ministry to make the victim believe that the phone was received from the ministry,” the Police official said, adding that he was arrested and the mobile phone used in the crime was seized from his possession.

Later in view of the requirement of a specialised investigation, the case was later transferred to Economic Offences Wing (EOW) from Special Cell, Lodhi Colony, the Police official said.

“During investigation, the connecting links between the main accused Sukash and his associates are being established. The interrogation of accused Deepak Ramnani revealed that the accused was being facilitated by Jail officials who used to receive gratification in lieu of the facilities provided,” the official said.

Ramnani also disclosed the identity of the officials as well as the vehicles used by them to collect the money. Based on the disclosure of Ramnani, Dharam Singh Meena (Assistant Jail Superintendent) and Subhash Batra (Deputy Superintendent) were found involved in the racket.

Later it was found that Komal Poddar, Manager at RBL Bank, Connaught Place, along with two of his associates -- Avinash Kumar and Jitender Narula -- was involved in the dubious transactions for circulation of funds and arrangement of cash. All those found to be involved in the case have been arrested, the Police official said, adding that further searches are being conducted at various places to get the leads and the proceeds of crime.