<img src="https://static.gujaratsamachar.com/content_image/content_image_5507aa42-b1f1-4f79-aa35-5b566c3c0b30.jpeg" data-filename="Economic Offences Wing.jpeg" style="width: 100%;"> The CID (Crime) has arrested the main accused, Vadtal Swaminarayan sect’s Vijay Prakash Swami alias V P Swami, allegedly involved in ₹3 crore fraud case of extorting investments to purchase land for both a temple and a cow shelter.The CID Crime charged four monks from the Swaminarayan sect, a farmer, and four others in connection with this scheme in September 2024.A complaint was registered at Rajkot’s Bhaktinagar Police Station accusing land fraud of <a href="https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/rajkot-eow-issues-lookout-notices-for-swaminarayan-swamis-in-new-3-04-cr-fraud-case" target="_blank">₹3.04 crore against V P Swami,</a> Jaykrushna Swami, M P Swami, Suresh Thori, Bhupendra Patel, Vijsinh and Lalji Dhola.After the accused failed to pay funds for the purchased land for the temple, the Rajkot Economic Offences Wing arrested Dhola from Surat.As the main accused V P Swami was arrested on Tuesday, he will be presented to a court in Rajkot for remand on Wednesday.Earlier, a case was filed against four <a href="https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/4-swaminarayan-vadtal-monks-accused-of-1-76-cr-fraud-over-building-of-temple-cow-shelter" target="_blank">Vadtal Swaminarayan monks</a> regarding ₹1.76 crore fraud involving farmers and landowners in the name of building a temple.&nbsp;Also read:<a href="https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/cid-crime-to-investigate-the-swaminarayan-sansthan-land-scams" target="_blank">CID Crime to investigate the Swaminarayan Sansthan land scams</a>

The CID (Crime) has arrested the main accused, Vadtal Swaminarayan sect’s Vijay Prakash Swami alias V P Swami, allegedly involved in ₹3 crore fraud case of extorting investments to purchase land for both a temple and a cow shelter.

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Main accused in ₹3 cr fraud, V P Swami, arrested by CID Crime

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