Surat cricket association president arrested in cheating case

In her complaint, she alleged that between 2009 and 2021, the accused forged a fake General Power of Attorney by forging the signatures of late Hemant Contractor, their mother Dayiben Contractor, and Naynaben Contractor. Using this, he allegedly took a mortgage loan of Rs 2.92 crore from a private finance firm and used the money for personal purposes without informing the other partners. He also allegedly failed to pay loan instalments amounting to Rs 65 lakh. The finance firm subsequently issued notices of pending dues to all partners of the Kanaiyalal Construction partnership.

On October 24, 2024, Surat Crime Branch booked Kanaiyalal Contractor under IPC Sections 420 (cheating), 465 (punishment for forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security or will), 468 (forgery for cheating), and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record).

After the complaint was registered, Kanaiyalal Contractor sought anticipatory bail from the Surat district court, which was rejected. His anticipatory bail applications were subsequently dismissed by the Gujarat High Court and later by the Supreme Court.

Surat Deputy Commissioner of Police (Economic Offence Wing) Karanraj Vaghela said, “We have arrested Kanaiyalal Contractor in a cheating case. The accused did not inform his firm’s partners and prepared a fake power of attorney, forging their signatures, to obtain a loan. We have launched a probe and are trying to identify others involved in the scam. We will also try to discover where the accused had spent the loan amount.”