Rare but true facts .... ************************* Mr Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava, better known as Natwarlal (1912-2009), was a noted Indian Con Man known for having repeatedly sold the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort, and the Rashtrapati Bhavan and also the Parliament House of India along with its 545 sitting members (funniest part of all). He was a living-legend in his lifetime and a legend even after his death. He had duped hundreds of people of crores of rupees and used more than 50 aliases to disguise himself. He was a master of disguises and used novel ideas to cheat and was also a master in forging signatures of famous personalities.He is also said to have cheated number of industrialists including the Tatas, the Birlas and also Dhirubhai Ambani taking from them huge money in cash, posing as social worker or needy person. Natwarlal was wanted in more than 100 cases and he was wanted by 8 states police and was sentenced to 113 years in prison. However, he made daring escapes from different jails eight times in his life. Natwarlal was arrested nine times but every time was able to break out of jail and run away. The last time he was arrested was in 1996 and was 84 years old at that time. But he managed to again give the police a slip and was last seen by authorities on June 24, 1996 .According to his lawyer Nandlal Jaiswal, Natwarlal died in 2009 at the age of 97. But the conmans younger brother Ganga Prasad Srivastava claims to have cremated him in 1996. He managed to dupe people even in his death.....!!......
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:09:13 +0000
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