UP minister�s brother accused of fraud, FIR registered

29-12-2020

An FIR has been registered against the brother of an Uttar Pradesh minister after he was accused of fraud and forgery. The case has been filed in Hazratganj Police Station in Lucknow against Lalit Aggarwal, brother of Kapil Dev Aggarwal, who is state minister.
Lalit Aggarwal and his accomplices put up hoardings for the launch of a 'swadeshi' brand mobile phone across the state by putting pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The photo and the phone on the hoardings were shown in such a way that it seemed that the government is planning to launch the �swadeshi� mobile phones. It may be noted that Kapil Dev Aggarwal and other ministers were also involved in launching the phone. The company which developed the phone asked Lalit Aggarwal to advertise and promote it in exchange for a huge sum of money. Lalit Aggarwal advertised the phone in UP and Uttarakhand through hoarding, but the phone did not come to the market. It is now being suspected that the intention of the company was to take land and other facilities from the government at a cheaper rate. The Facebook profile of the company's CEO Durgaprasad Tripathi reveals that he is a normal boy from Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The MLA from the region Devamani Tripathi not only participated in the promotions but also tweeted in praise of Tripathi. Kapil Dev Agarwal also spread the word about the phone being swadeshi through his Twitter. When the matter reached the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), a case has been filed in a hurried manner at Hazratganj police station in Lucknow. In this case, Lalit Aggarwal, the brother of Minister Kapil Dev Agarwal, and some people including the advertising head of a newspaper have been named as accused.