Socialite Neishaa Gharat Arrested In Delhi In Connection With Multi-Million Pound Fraud.

The well known London-based socialite and fashion designer Neishaa Gharat has been placed in police custody in New Delhi over an alleged multi-million pound fraud perpetrated involving her and members of her family.

Mrs Gharat – who runs the ‘House of Gharats’ design consultancy – was arrested by police at Delhi International Airport on Tuesday the 3rd Jan after flying in from London.

The arrest followed a “Look Out Notice” for her and her dentist husband Pretam after claims by a British-Indian businessman Rajesh Tailor that he was swindled out of funds totalling more than £2.3 million over a 7-year period by Pavan Kulavoor, younger brother of Mrs Neishaa Gharat.

Sources tell The UKAsian that Mrs Gharat had flown to New Delhi under the misguided belief that the Look Out Notice was only applicable at Mumbai airport and not nationwide in India.

It is also believed that she was travelling to India on urgent business after securing funding from the Arts Council of England for an arts project linking London and Kolkata.

Mrs Gharat has been sent to Delhi’s infamous Tihar jail and is expected to be taken to Mumbai by Maharashtra Police on the 7th Jan where she will make an application for bail.

Her passport has been confiscated while the Look Out Notice remains in place for her husband, according to police officials.

Ms Gharat faces forgery charges under Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code.  If found guilty she could face life imprisonment.

Following the lawsuit filed by Mr Tailor, Ms Gharat’s brother Pavan, 38, was arrested in July and charged with a string of offences, including forgery, criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation.

The Gharats – along with Pavan and Neisha’s uncle Mohammed Ibrahim – were named as co-conspirators in the lawsuit.
Mrs Gharat was reportedly a shareholder and director of the companies established by Pavan Kulavoor for the alleged scam.