INDORE: Ujjain police have arrested the man who duped associate of Ujjain South MLA of Rs 65,000 and a smartphone by posing as nephew of BJP president Amit Shah.
Viraj Shah alias Yash Amin, a resident of Gandhinagar (Gujarat) was arrested for duping Naresh Sharma, an associate of BJP MLA Dr Mohan Yadav.
He was sent to police remand till August 12. Police found during interrogation of Yash that he had duped people in many states including Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala and Maharashtra.
The team got a tip-off that he had boarded a bus to Indore. The police chased the bus and caught him near Petlawd. He claimed he started committing crimes after his girlfriend refused to marry him and married a man with his surname as Shah.
He changed his name from Yash Amin to Viraj Shah and started duping people. TNN
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