Diamond baron held in land grab

Prominent diamantaire Vasant Gajera, owner of jewellery manufacturing firm Laxmi Diamond, was on Wednesday, arrested for allegedly forging property documents to usurp a piece of land in Vesu area of the city. He is the brother of Congress leader Dhiru Gajera who unsuccessfully contested the December 2017 elections from Varachha Road constituency in the city. Gajera was summoned to Umra police station and arrested after questioning, an official said.

In a complaint lodged against Gajera in 2003, one Vajubhai Malani had claimed that the former had forged the documents.