FIR against 13 people in Rs 45 crore Lilavati trust jewellery theft case
Ahmedabad: An FIR was registered against 13 people in connection with the alleged theft of valuables, including diamond and jewellery, worth Rs 45 crore from a safe vault at the trust-run Lilavati hospital in Palanpur city in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, officials said on Sunday.
The stolen valuables belonged to the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust that manages the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai.
As per complainant Prashant Mehta, the accused persons, including his uncles, conspired with each other to carry out the theft of valuables kept in the safe vault in the building housing the hospital in Palanpur city on January 31, 2019.
The complainant is the son of Kishor Mehta, a permanent trustee, and the grandson of Kirtilal Mehta who founded the trust.
Prashant Mehta, who claims to be a "de facto" trustee, had moved court after the police initially refused to lodge an FIR. The FIR was finally registered on Saturday afternoon on the directions of the court in Palanpur.
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