Flourish Stays proprietor was held in pretend passport case
3 min learnNew DelhiJun 5, 2026 10:54 AM IST
Lavkesh Bajaj, the 60-year-old proprietor of Flourish Stays B&B in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, the place 21 individuals died in a hearth Wednesday morning, was first arrested by the Delhi Police final yr in a pretend passport case involving Bangladeshi nationals in central Delhi.
Bajaj was arrested on Wednesday night by a group led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Ritu Raj. On Thursday, the South District police sought his custody earlier than a Delhi courtroom to determine and confirm the small print of all employees, staff and others engaged within the operation of Flourish Stays, and to hint and apprehend Jay Mishra, the accountant of the institution, and Rakesh, the supervisor of the resort.
A senior police officer stated Bajaj had been arrested final yr after a First Data Report (FIR) was registered at Paharganj police station. “The case was registered in January, and he was arrested months later after police discovered his connivance in the course of the investigation. He was despatched to Tihar Jail and got here out on bail after 15 days,” the officer stated, including that the matter continues to be sub judice.
Sharing particulars of the case, an officer stated a Bangladeshi nationwide was allegedly discovered dwelling in central Delhi’s Paharganj space on January 29, 2025, utilizing solid Indian id paperwork, together with Aadhaar playing cards and an Indian passport, in accordance with the FIR registered at Paharganj police station.
The FIR states that on January 29, the police visited a home after receiving info {that a} Bangladeshi household was staying there on solid paperwork. On the premises, police discovered two ladies and a minor boy. They failed to supply legitimate id paperwork and, throughout a search of the home, the police allegedly recovered two Bangladeshi passports, an Indian passport, Aadhaar playing cards, and several other bank-related paperwork.
The police alleged that the pictures on the three passports seemed to be of the identical lady. Additionally they discovered that Aadhaar playing cards recovered from the premises carried completely different names and addresses however appeared to narrate to the identical particular person.
Bajaj was arrested on this case on fees of fraud and dishonest.
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