The mystery behind Mahesh Shah -- the man who stunned the country by making a disclosure of a whopping Rs 13,860 crore under the Income Declaration Scheme -- has become deeper with the recovery of a diary with 18 names in Ahmedabad.
Although it is speculated that Shah may have been in touch with persons named in the diary in recent times and it may be a valuable clue to his whereabouts, the IT sleuths say that there is no evidence against the persons named in the diary.
"Even Shah failed to give their proper addresses during questioning" an IT official was quoted as saying by the Times of India.
Sources said the persons named in the diary are from different cities of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Pune and Nasik, and some from Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Rajkot.
Meanwhile, police officials say that many people have approached them claiming that Shah cheated them of crores of rupees.
"These persons, however, refrained from lodging an FIR of cheating against Shah. They have alleged that Shah had borrowed money from them in lieu of partnerships in several companies. However, these companies only existed on paper," a top police official said, adding that around five people had approached them.
In absence of any other major breakthroughs, the IT department is expected to lodge an FIR against Shah for wasting their time and resources by making false disclosures.
