Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has uncovered a plot straight out of a Bollywood movie. Recently, while probing Rajesh Rajpal of the Rare Art Gallery in a money laundering case, the ED claimed Rajpal projected a poor farmer from Madhya Pradesh as a maharaja of purported Umaria kingdom and projected to have procured 10 paintings of famous artists worth crores from him. He then allegedly sold these paintings to an investment banker.

Prosecution Complaint Filed

The ED recently filed a prosecution complaint against the gallery, Rajpal, owner of Shree Namo Bullions Abhishek Jain, Manish Sakariya of Manish Gold Palace, and advocate Vishwang Desai.

Details of the Alleged Fraud

It was alleged that Rajpal, in connivance with Desai, duped an investment banker of Rs 17.90 crore by selli

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