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Kanpur's Big Fraud: 10 Countries Cheated More Than Rs 1500 Crore, 365 Page Charge Sheet Based On 30 Witnesses

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Nitu Kumari
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February 6, 2026

Jagran correspondent, Kanpur. Sadar Kotwali has filed a 365-page charge sheet in the court against Ravindra Nath Soni of Malviya Vihar, Delhi. This included 20 witnesses, CDR, data found in mobile, details of bank account transactions and properties. This charge sheet has been filed by the police in the first case. So far, 24 cases have been registered against the accused in Sadar Kotwali itself. So far, 46 bank accounts of Mahathug and assets worth more than Rs 45 crore have been identified in the SIT investigation.

On January 5, 2025, Abdul Karim, resident of Parade, had filed a case of fraud of Rs 42,29,600 against Rabindranath Soni, resident of Malviya Nagar, Delhi. Sadar Kotwali police arrested Ravindranath from Dehradun on 30 November and sent him to Kanpur jail on 1 December. Later, SIT investigation revealed that Rabindranath Soni had defrauded thousands of people of 10 countries including India, UAE, Japan, Canada, Nepal of more than Rs 1500 crore.

After this, one by one the victims came to the cities of many states of India and countries including UAE. Out of them, 24 people filed cases against the thug in Sadar Kotwali. There are also six zero FIRs in this. However, hundreds of people also made their complaints through e-mail, who have been asked to file a case in the concerned police stations. At the same time, the SIT had taken Mahathug's police custody remand and taken him to his house in Dehradun, from where many evidences including 10 mobiles, laptops were collected, which were sent to the forensic lab for investigation.

In this case, ED and Income Tax Department are also investigating the bank transactions and crypto currency transactions and properties of the fraudster. Kotwali police station in-charge Jagdish Pandey said that on February 4, a 365-page charge sheet has been filed in the CJM court on the basis of statements of 30 witnesses, transactions in the bank accounts of the accused and the blue chip company, call detail reports and documents and evidence.

The involvement of many celebrities including two actors, former cricketers, female players, wrestlers is being investigated.

In the SIT investigation, photo-videos of many famous personalities, including politicians, were found with Rabindranath Soni. Apart from this, there are actors Sonu Sood, Suraj Jumani, former cricketer, female player, wrestler Dilip Singh Rana alias Khali. In this, SIT also sent notices to the actor and wrestler for their statement, but they did not come. Suraj Jumani is also accused in the case along with Rabindranath Soni. The case is related to the fraud of Rs 42.29 lakh from Abdul Karim, resident of Nawab Ibrahim Hata, Parade.

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