Alleged Fraud: British Chartered Accountant ''Deepak Khilnani'' Asks Court To Quash Charges (See)

 

A British chartered accountant, Deepak Khilnani, arraigned in court by Lagos State government has asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja to quash the $8.8 million fraud charge preferred against him for want of jurisdiction.

Khilnani made the request in a preliminary notice of objection filed on Wednesday by his counsel, Mr. Kayode Ajekigbe, before the court presided by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye.

Khilnani and an alleged accomplice, Dr. Sushil

Chandra are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, cheating, stealing and false representation preferred against them by the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

‎The DPP had charged the defendants for allegedly duping their Nigerian partner, Green Fuels Limited, of $8.8 million in 2008.

According to the prosecution, the defendants “fraudulently tricked Green Fuels Limited to pay greater sum for machinery purchased from Gentec Limited than it would have paid for such machinery.”

They were also accused of making false statement to the Corporate Affairs Commission in order to facilitate the fraud.

, Justice Ipaye had fixed Wednesday for their arraignment following the failure of their counsel to produce them in court on July 31.

However, at the resumption of proceedings on Wednesday, the DPP, Mrs. Idowu Alakija, told the court of the prosecution’s intention to amend the proof of evidence by substitution.