The Delhi Police on Friday arrested a man at AIIMS for allegedly impersonating Hari Om Rai, former managing director of the Lava International mobile company, who is accused in an Enforcement Directorate money laundering case against Chinese smartphone-maker vivo-India and others, officials said.
Naval Kishor Ram was arrested when he was getting his echocardiogram done at the ECHO Lab of the medical institute on the name of Hari Om Rai.
Hari Om Rai was arrested by the ED on October 10, 2023, on money laundering charges in the case against Vivo-India. He had obtained three-month bail from the Delhi High Court on medical grounds which was to end on May 16.
Hari Om Rai had recently filed another application before the high court for an extension of his medical bail on the grounds that he suffers from cardiac issues. On May 6, a medical examination of Rai was scheduled at the Cardiology Department of AIIMS.
ED officials had reached AIIMS to supervise the medical examination of Hari Om Rai. However, hours later, they learned that a man named Naval Kishore Ram had arrived for the medical examination posing as Hari Om Rai. Upon learning this, the ED immediately informed the Delhi Police, who arrested Naval Kishore.
It was found that Hari Om had sent Naval in his place for the examination so that he could get relief based on his illness.
The agency informed the high court about the alleged impersonation and cheating, following which Hari Om Rai was refused extension of bail and was sent to Tihar jail under judicial custody.