The Court of Judicial Magistrate Srinagar Tuesday granted bail to conman Kiran Bhai Patel.
The Court directed the Counsel of Patel to furnish a bail bond to the tune of 1 lakh with 2 sureties.
Kiran Patel is a fraudster from Gujarat who was arrested by Jammu Kashmir Police in March for faking to be a senior official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO Official).
The fraudster visited Srinagar twice and held a series of meetings with the officials on this occasion. Apart from that, he got all kinds of facilities including Z-plus security, bulletproof Mahindra Scorpio SUV, an official accommodation in a five-star hotel.
He was acting as Additional Director for Strategy and Promotion in the Prime Minister’s Office.
Apart from that, he traveled to different places in Jammu Kashmir under the escort of Government forces.
He also discussed with the officials about making Doodhapatri a tourism destination. But the police were suspicious in this connection.
Kiran Patel has more than a thousand followers on Twitter including BJP Gujarat General Secretary Pradipsinh Vaghela. He also holds a PhD from Virginia Commonwealth University, an MBA from IIM Trichy and a BE Computer Engineer.