Brothers held for 'forgery' to get uncle's club membership in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Two businessmen brothers were held by Marine Drive police on Friday for allegedly forging their dead uncle's documents to procure membership to Garware Club in south Mumbai.
Marine Drive police on Thursday arrested brothers Uday (47) and Himanshu Jinendra (42). Their mother Mrudula Jinendra (68) was granted anticipatory bail by the Bombay high court in March.HC had rejected the brothers' plea. The Supreme Court, too, later rejected their plea for relief.
The brothers, who have been charged with cheating, forgery and breach of trust, were produced before the night magistrate and remanded to police custody till July 20, said Mrutunjay Hiremath, senior inspector of Marine Drive police.
Police said the club's managing committee had lodged a complaint alleging that Mrudula posed as the wife of Narottam Jinendra who died in 2012, and claimed membership for herself and her sons.
The fee for an ordinary membership of the Garware club is Rs 25 lakh and for lifetime around Rs 50 lakh. Narottam was a life member. In 2017, a member alleged in a letter to the club that Mrudula had committed forgery and procured Narottam's membership.
The managing committee began a probe and asked her to submit relevant documents. Mrudula and her sons allegedly submitted forged PAN and Adhar cards.
During the course of its investigation, on the election voting list and income tax department websites, it allegedly found the names of the three were Mrudula Narendra Jinendra, Uday Narendra Jinendra and Himanshu Narendra Jinendra.
Police said Narottam was the brother of Mrudula's husband Narendra. They said taking advantage of the identical names, the accused submitted bogus documents to the club. In 2019, the club cancelled their membership and lodged an FIR.
Earlier, while seeking relief, the three submitted that the FIR be quashed as they were ready to deposit the amount of loss caused to the club. They blamed a builder for lodging of the FIR, as Himanshu had filed a complaint against him in 2017 in Borivli.