New Delhi, Oct 4: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police has arrested a man wanted in two cases involving alleged forged government documents and financial fraud after tracking his movements across Mumbai and Gujarat, an officer said on Sunday.
Kushal Samir Mehta was apprehended from Borivali Railway Station in Mumbai on October 1 following surveillance and field verification, EOW in a statement said.
Mehta is an accused in an FIR registered in 2022 registered at the EOW and another case registered in 2025, it read.
The 2022 case was registered on a complaint by a Senior Accounts Officer of the Ministry of Finance regarding alleged attempts to encash government payments using forged sanction letters, treasury instruments and other documents.
The questioned documents related to payments of Rs 7.62 crore in favour of a company and Rs 11 crore in favour of another company. Verification found the documents to be fabricated and the payments were not released, read the statement.
In the 2025 case, a Gujarat-based businessman alleged that Mehta claimed to have access to government departments and could facilitate government-related work and recovery of funds. The complainant alleged that he was induced to pay around Rs 3.12 crore on the basis of purported government documents and assurances.
Police said Mehta had allegedly provided documents projected as communications or orders of various government departments and agencies, besides purported court documents, treasury cheques and demand drafts.
The EOW team began tracking Mehta after he allegedly failed to join the investigation despite notices and court-issued non-bailable warrants.
“Technical surveillance showed his movement from Mumbai towards Palitana, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and Vadodara. His subsequent return to Mumbai by train was tracked and the team coordinated with the Railway Protection Force. Mehta was identified and apprehended from a train,” read the statement of the EOW.
A court in Mumbai granted transit remand following which he was brought to Delhi. The Patiala House court has granted four days of police custody till October 7. Police said his alleged role in two other forgery-related cases registered in Mumbai is also being verified. Further investigation is underway.
