Investigations against the harsh Vardhan Jain, arrested for the operation of an illegal embassy in Ghaziabad, revealed potential ties to a £300 fraud of crore, controversial “Godman” Chandraswami and Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.
Jain was arrested on July 22 Special Task Force (STF) after he made raids on the rented bungalow in the Kavinagar area in Ghaziabad. False Embassy (Westarctica) was discovered during the raid, £44.7 Lakh was in cash, along with several foreign currencies, false diplomatic passports, 18 forged diplomatic numeric boards and allegedly sealing of the Ministry of Outside and the company in 34 countries.
What led the cops to the probe of Jain’s “Godman”, Khashoggi’s connection?
The manager of the police, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said PTI that the police are also looking at Jaine’s network. “His association and photographs with the international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi appeared during the preliminary probe,” the officer said.
“The authorities suspect that there may be an angle against intelligence and several convictions have been obtained,” the officer added.
According to the Hindustan Times report, Jaine’s pictures with the controversial “Godman” Chandraswami were also obtained during his raid in his home Ghaziabad.
Chandraswami gained importance in the 80s and 90s and was considered a spiritual advisor to three former premieres – PV Narasimha Rao, Chandra Shekhar and VP Singh.
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However, Chandraswami was arrested in 1996 in connection with financial discrepancies. He was also charged with the financing of the assassination for Rahul Gandhi. The air raid on Ashram Chandraswami also revealed his links to the arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.
How is Jain attached to Chandraswami, Khashoggi and £300 fraud crore?
During the UP Ats probe, they found that Chandraswami introduced Jaina Khashoggi and Ahsan Ali Sayed in 2000 in London. Sayed allegedly worked with a false diplomat to open 25 Shell companies that were used to mediate shops, HT reported that the Police CEO (ADG), Law and Order, Amitabh Yash said.
Sayed also operated a company called Western Advisory Group based in Switzerland, which worked with other companies to help them provide loans in exchange for brokerage.
According to the NDTV report, the company reportedly gathered brokery worth almost £300 crore and Syed fled from the ground. In 2022 he was arrested in London.
The cops now deal with the degree of Jain’s involvement in £300 fraud of crore in Swiss territory. Given his references to Khashoggi, another STF another superintendent police Kumar Misra said that Jain’s involvement in weapons stores is also investigated.
Official statement “Westarctica” Problems “
The police also took note of the alleged “official statement” issued “Westarctica” on Friday, in which the micronation (self-detained entity, but officially), distanced himself from hard Vardhan Jain, the new PTI agency reported.
“Jain was an authorized representative who participated in unauthorized activities,” said the “Westarctica” statement and explained that while Jain after donating in 2016 held the honorary title “Honorary Consul in India”, in 2016 he was “never granted ambassadoral status”.
“Westarctica”, founded in 2001 by a former US Navy Travis Mchenry news analyst, works primarily as an environmental advocacy by a non -profit organization registered in the US, with the status exempt since 2018, added a report.
“Although they have issued a statement, but his position is unrecognized, so he claims zero value for us. We will be legally checked for further exploration,” said a police officer involved in the probe.
Jain also stylized himself as an ambassador to other fictitious entities such as “Saborga”, “Paulovia” and “Lodonia”, allegedly cheating on individuals under pretending to offer overseas jobs and visas.
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