Metro supplier owed ₹45 crore says a 'fixer' took ₹3.12 crore and handed over forged treasury cheques

According to GSTV, the contractor met the man in 2017 while trying to collect money owed for sand, grit, stone and stone dust delivered to the Ahmedabad Metro project. GSTV's headline says the dues had been pending for 13 years. The man claimed contacts in Delhi ministries, first asked for a ₹1.20 crore commission and, over time, took ₹3.12 crore under various pretexts, the report says.

To keep the contractor paying, he allegedly produced a 2025 letter, supposedly from the Ministry of Urban Development, approving the ₹45 crore payment, along with 23 government treasury cheques and a State Bank of India receipt meant to show money leaving the ministry's account. Investigators found all of it forged, GSTV reported. The police complaint also says he collected cash to bribe a ministry secretary, to obtain a clean chit from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and to cover five-star hotels and flights, and that he took four gold biscuits, saying they were gifts for politicians.

The Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing arrested him aboard a train at Borivali station in Mumbai on October 1 after tracking him through Gujarat, PTI reported via ThePrint. A court at Patiala House gave police four days of custody. He is also accused in a 2022 case involving forged sanction letters for payments of ₹7.62 crore and ₹11 crore, which were never released. Police said they are checking his role in two more forgery cases in Mumbai. The accusations have not been tested in court.

GSTV did not report which agency owes the ₹45 crore or why the bills went unpaid.