Fadnavis’s wife ‘threatened’, Mumbai police nabs absconding bookie

Mumbai | Mumbai Police has traced and arrested an Ahmedabad-based bookie who was on the run for over five years in connection with a case related to threats, blackmail and offer of bribe to the wife of Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister. The accused is Anil Jaisinghani, whose daughter Aniksha Jaisinghani was arrested last week following a complaint lodged by banker-singer Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis.

We had kept him under Tech-Intel surveillance for the last five days, but he was continuously moving in different cities of Gujarat. Finally we tracked him to Kalol in Gujarat. He was caught just before midnight and brought to Mumbai. The accused has at least 15 cases registered against him and will be handed over to the Malabar Hill Police today.

Last week, Amrita created a flutter when she filed a police complaint alleging she was trapped, threatened, blackmailed and bribed Rs 1 crore by the Jaisinghani father-daughter duo, prompting Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, to order an inquiry. Gave.

–IANS