- November 7, 2018
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Businessman Kamlesh Pattni during an interview at Radio Africa Group offices on November 6, 2018. /EZEKIEL AMING’A/ Star
Controversial businessman Kamlesh Pattni is back in the news.
According to Zimbabwean Police and media reports Pattni was briefly arrested together with his aides while trying to board a plane destined to Dubai a week ago.
He was reportedly carrying millions of dollars.
Zimbabwe police spokeswoman Charity Cheramba confirmed the arrest but declined to comment further.
“Yes he was arrested but was released,” she told the Star on telephone yesterday. It was not immediately clear how much Patnni and his entourage were carrying at the time.
But Pattni, who prefers to call himself Brother Paul, denies.
He told the Star in an interview in Nairobi that although he was in Zimbabwe eight days ago, he was neither arrested nor held.
“Vengeance is to God,” he said, “if they are peddling lies, it is up to them.”
Pattni is the mastermind of the Goldenberg scandal, Kenya’s most reported financial scam in which Sh59 billion shillings was alleged to have been lost in fictitious gold export.
He was also at the center of the tussle over the ownership of duty-free shops at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, which were repossessed by the Kenya Airports Authority in 2012.
Pattni lost the shops on grounds that his lease had expired and the authorities wanted to decongest and upgrade the airport to international standards.
Bogged down by controversy after another, Pattni relocated to Zimbabwe where he established thriving business. He forged ties with among others the influential former Zimbabwean Vice President Joyce Mujuru.
With Mujuru’s help, Pattni got rights to manage the duty-free shops in Harare.
“I went into business with Mujuru but we parted ways after she failed to pay for the 50 percent stake she was holding. We sued and won the case and ended the partnership,” Pattni told the Star yesterday.
Pattni said he now runs duty free shops in Zimbabwe, Kinshasha in DRC and Durban in South Africa.
In July, Pattni’s brother believed to be his right-hand man, Mukesh Mansukhalal Vaya, was reportedly arrested together with three others — Farid Shahadat, Ryan Gregory Joseph and Delny Deanna Ashley — and booked at Borrowdale Police Station in Harare but eventually released.
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