Uttarakhand BJP MLA’s brother’s wife arrested from Kochi, was absconding in the case of land fraud, police had declared reward

The Kochi (Kerala) police on Thursday arrested Nazia Yusuf, wife of Sachin Upadhyay, brother of BJP MLA from Tehri assembly seat, Sachin Upadhyay, in a cheating case. A constable and a female constable have been sent to Kochi from Rajpur police station to bring Nazia to Dehradun. This team will return to Dehradun on Saturday with the accused. The police had announced a reward of one thousand rupees on Nazia, who was absconding for a long time. Along with this, his look out circular was also issued.
Fraud case registered in Rajpur police station on March 2017

Nazia Yusuf, wife of Sachin Upadhyay, resident of Chalang village in Rajpur, Dehradun, is also the director of the World Integrated Center (WIC) in Dehradun. A case of cheating was registered against him at Rajpur police station in March 2017. The lawsuit was filed by Mukesh Joshi, a Delhi-based businessman and originally a resident of Trefalghar Apartment Dhorankhas in Dehradun.
Despite contact, the accused Sachin did not return the money

Mukesh had told in the Tahrir at the Rajpur police station that in the year 2012, he had filed a case against Sachin and Nazia in a Delhi police station for destroying their property by forging their signatures. However, later both the parties reached an agreement. In which it was decided that Sachin would give Rs 2.65 crore to Mukesh. Also, till this amount is not paid, a property located on Rajpur Road of the accused will remain mortgaged with Mukesh. According to Mukesh Joshi, the accused Sachin did not return the money despite several contacts.
Meanwhile, he came to know that the accused had taken a loan from the bank on the property mortgaged with him under the agreement. When Mukesh protested against Sachin, he refused to give the amount and started threatening.

After the investigation of the SIT in this case registered at Rajpur police station, the police arrested the accused Sachin Upadhyay in January 2020, while Nazia had escaped. Police had also pasted notice at Nazia’s residence to appear in court, but she did not appear in court.