Fake Ghaziabad diplomat partnered with UK bizman to set up brokerage firms: STF
Jain completed his BBA from a private college in Ghaziabad before heading to London for an MBA.
"His father JD Jain is an industrialist. He owned marble mines in Rajasthan and exported the stones to London," SP (Noida STF) Raj Kumar Mishra told TOI. Mishra said Jain had come into contact with Chandraswami, the astrologer and controversial spiritual adviser to former PMs, in 2000. "It was through these links that Harshvardhan met Chandraswami in 2000," said Mishra.
Police believe Chandraswami introduced Jain to Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi and India-born Turkish national Ahsan Ali Syed. Together with Syed, Jain allegedly set up over a dozen brokerage firms in the UK. In 2006, he shifted base to Dubai's Umm Al-Quwain through a cousin living there. There, he partnered with Hyderabad-based Shafiq and Dubai's Ibrahim Ali-Bin-Shaarma to float more firms, ostensibly offering overseas job placements and business deals.
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"Jain travelled across Gulf and African nations during this period, engaging in various forms of brokerage," Mishra said.
In 2012, Ghaziabad police recovered a satellite phone from Jain, leading to a case under the Telegraph Buyers Unlawful Possession Act. Though arrested, he was released on bail within months. Investigations are now under way to determine if he was involved in arms trafficking or other illicit international dealings.
Locals in Kavi Nagar, where Jain was living, expressed surprise. "He had personal guards and a luxury car. A police post is just 100 metres away. None of us imagined a conman lived among us," said Amit Gupta, general secretary of the local RWA. Gupta added that Jain's father, who lives just 50 metres away, is well-known and respected in the neighbourhood. "We assumed Harshvardhan was managing the family business," he added.
Police have found the Mercedes with a diplomatic number plate found parked outside the bungalow is owned by Jain's father-in-law Anand Jain. Another car with an 'honorary consigliere principato di Seborga' registration plate is jointly owned by Ghanshyam Jain of Ghaziabad and Amit Shukla of Hardoi.
The two other cars seized from the house, both with diplomatic registration plates, are owned by Bhavesh Dugar of Delhi and another by Indra Business Private Limited. Delhi. Cops are trying to find out how Jain got access to these cars.
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