"Separated From Him 32 Years Ago": Pralhad Joshi On Brother Arrested For Cheating
NDTV
A woman had alleged Gopal Joshi cheated her of Rs 2 crore on the pretext of securing a BJP ticket.
After media reports linked Union minister Pralhad Joshi to his brother Gopal Joshi, who has been arrested for allegedly cheating a former MLA's wife of Rs 2 crore, the minister has clarified that the two have been separated for 32 years.
Gopal Joshi, his son Ajay Joshi and a woman named Vijayalakshmi Joshi were charged by the Bengaluru Police in the cheating case filed by Sunita Chavan, wife of former Janata Dal (Secular) Nagthan MLA Devanand Phool Singh Chavan, who lost the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections.
She alleged that Gopal Joshi cheated her of Rs 2 crore on the pretext of securing a BJP ticket for a member of her family to contest the Lok Sabha elections this year. She also alleged that Vijayalakshmi was introduced to her as Pralhad Joshi's sister.
