Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava: The Story Of India’s Greatest Conman

Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava, better known as Natwarlal, born in Siwan District in Bihar 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.He was a living-legend in his lifetime and a legend even after his death.

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Natwarlal 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.  Also he had duped many shop-owners with lakhs of rupees, paying them by cheque and demand drafts, which were later found to be forged.

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In fact even now his village thinks he has done nothing to defame them. Banke Biharee Prasad, 76, who had known Natwarlal from his early days, said: “He did not commit violence. He has not harmed anyone, he robbed only the rich. He was a twisted genius. In fact, we say that Bihar has produced three famous people: Rajendra Prasad, Jayaprakash Narayan and Natwarlal.”

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He was wanted in more than 100 cases and he was wanted by 8 states police and was sentenced to 113 years in prison of which he hardly served a total of 20 years of imprisonment. He was arrested nine times but every time was able to break out of jail and run away.The real facts about his death are still unknown. Till, date he is recognized as the greatest conman of India. Movie Raja Natwarlal is based on real life Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava.

Article Source – wikipedia

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