<p>Hardoi: Former MLA Subhash Pasi, accused of fraud and gang-related activities, was arrested by the Hardoi police in connection with cheating Ruchi Goyal, the sister of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/uttar-pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> Excise Minister Nitin Agarwal and another individual, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The arrest was made by Dehat Kotwali police and Pasi is yet to be presented in court, they added.</p>.<p>According to the police, a complaint was lodged on October 10, 2023, by Prakash Chandra Gupta, a resident of Railwayganj in Hardoi.</p>.<p>Gupta alleged that Pasi, originally from Ghazipur and residing in Mumbai's Juhu Church area had approached him through a mutual acquaintance, Akshay Agarwal.</p>.<p>The former MLA along with his wife Reena Pasi offered to sell a flat in Mumbai's Aramnagar for Rs 2.5 crore, he said.</p>.<p>Gupta took Pasi to meet Ruchi Goyal, who issued a cheque for Rs 49 lakh to Subhash and Reena Pasi in the presence of witnesses.</p>.<p>The amount was withdrawn but the flat was not handed over. When Gupta later visited Mumbai to resolve the issue, he was given forged property documents.</p>.Austrian property tycoon Benko arrested, prosecutors confirm.<p>Similarly, Akshay Agarwal filed a separate case on August 9, 2023, accusing the couple of misappropriating Rs 49 lakh.</p>.<p>Police investigations revealed fraud in both cases, and chargesheets were filed.</p>.<p>A Gangsters Act case was registered against the couple by then-City Kotwal Sanjay Pandey on January 31, 2024.</p>.<p>Since then, the police had been searching for them and Pasi was finally arrested in Mumbai, where he was presented in a local court and placed under a two-day remand before being brought to Hardoi, officials said.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police (Hardoi) Neeraj Jadon said, "Subhash Pasi served as an MLA from the Saidpur constituency in Ghazipur district twice, in 2012 and 2017, as a Samajwadi Party candidate. He contested the 2022 assembly election on a BJP ticket but lost. Both Subhash and Reena Pasi faced non-bailable warrants after failing to appear in court on charges of fraud. Following their arrest in Mumbai, Subhash Pasi will be presented in court today." </p>
<p>Hardoi: Former MLA Subhash Pasi, accused of fraud and gang-related activities, was arrested by the Hardoi police in connection with cheating Ruchi Goyal, the sister of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/uttar-pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> Excise Minister Nitin Agarwal and another individual, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The arrest was made by Dehat Kotwali police and Pasi is yet to be presented in court, they added.</p>.<p>According to the police, a complaint was lodged on October 10, 2023, by Prakash Chandra Gupta, a resident of Railwayganj in Hardoi.</p>.<p>Gupta alleged that Pasi, originally from Ghazipur and residing in Mumbai's Juhu Church area had approached him through a mutual acquaintance, Akshay Agarwal.</p>.<p>The former MLA along with his wife Reena Pasi offered to sell a flat in Mumbai's Aramnagar for Rs 2.5 crore, he said.</p>.<p>Gupta took Pasi to meet Ruchi Goyal, who issued a cheque for Rs 49 lakh to Subhash and Reena Pasi in the presence of witnesses.</p>.<p>The amount was withdrawn but the flat was not handed over. When Gupta later visited Mumbai to resolve the issue, he was given forged property documents.</p>.Austrian property tycoon Benko arrested, prosecutors confirm.<p>Similarly, Akshay Agarwal filed a separate case on August 9, 2023, accusing the couple of misappropriating Rs 49 lakh.</p>.<p>Police investigations revealed fraud in both cases, and chargesheets were filed.</p>.<p>A Gangsters Act case was registered against the couple by then-City Kotwal Sanjay Pandey on January 31, 2024.</p>.<p>Since then, the police had been searching for them and Pasi was finally arrested in Mumbai, where he was presented in a local court and placed under a two-day remand before being brought to Hardoi, officials said.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police (Hardoi) Neeraj Jadon said, "Subhash Pasi served as an MLA from the Saidpur constituency in Ghazipur district twice, in 2012 and 2017, as a Samajwadi Party candidate. He contested the 2022 assembly election on a BJP ticket but lost. Both Subhash and Reena Pasi faced non-bailable warrants after failing to appear in court on charges of fraud. Following their arrest in Mumbai, Subhash Pasi will be presented in court today." </p>