According to the EOW, Advocate Amit Chaurasiya was arrested after a detailed investigation revealed that the arbitration was fraudulent. Although he was never appointed as counsel by Bliss Consultants, Chaurasiya allegedly appeared as their lawyer, created fake affidavits, filed a vakalatnama, and submitted a “taken on board” application. He is also accused of using counterfeit stamps of Bliss Consultants to file documents in Pune’s Khed court. “When confronted with all the documents, Chaurasiya failed to provide satisfactory answers, leading to his arrest for custodial interrogation to uncover the entire conspiracy behind the Rs 200 crore fake arbitration,” the EOW stated while seeking his custody before the court. Chaurasiya has been remanded to EOW custody until August 25. The EOW has said that they are verifying and interrogating the accused to ascertain on whose behalf he had filed the fake documents and appeared as the lawyer of the Bliss Consultants. 

The Mehtas are the founders and directors of Bliss Consultants, which has 2,400 customers and a growth rate of 500 per cent across more than nine countries. However, their fortunes took a drastic turn when they were ensnared in a drug-related case by the Khaniyadhana police of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh in June 2023. However, the couple went into hiding in July 2023. Subsequently, an ex-MLA filed a case against them at Amboli police station, which was later transferred to the EOW.  The investigation included charges under the MPID Act, and the authorities seized the couple’s property and bank accounts. Numerous FIRs were filed against the couple nationwide. Additionally, an FIR was lodged against Ashesh’s father, Shailesh Mehta, by the Sohana police in SAS Nagar district, Punjab, on December 2. Shailesh was arrested and spent over two months in jail before being released on bail. However, in the same month, the Madhya Pradesh police cleared the couple of involvement in the drug case. Nonetheless, the EOW police arrested the couple in December 2023. 

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“There is prima facie evidence that not only has the said advocate forged signatures of my clients on various affidavits but also submitted the same before the court at Khed, thereby playing fraud on the judicial system as well,” said Mehta’s lawyer Hemant Ingle.

Aug 2022
Month fake affidavit was filed in court