BJP leader’s son fakes death: Two weeks ago in Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh, police and rescue teams were told that a man had drowned in the Kalisindh River. The man was identified as Vishal Soni, son of local BJP leader Mahesh Soni. But the drowning was a hoax. Vishal staged his death to escape a loan of ₹1.40 crore. For ten days, officials scoured a 20-km stretch of the river, while he remained in hiding in Maharashtra—until the police finally caught him.
According to police, he staged another drama too before being apprehended. He filed a false kidnapping report at the Fardapur police station to deceive the police. Vishal later confessed to faking his death to avoid a loan of ₹1.40 crore. On September 5th, his car was found in the Kalisindh River. Since then, police, administration, and the SDRF team have been searching for him in the river for 10 days.
The Drama-Car found in Kalisindh River
On September 5th, police received a call reporting that a car had sunk in the Kalisindh River. It was later found that the car belonged to Vishal, son of BJP leader Mahesh Soni. Police, along with the administration, launched a rescue operation in which the car was retrieved, but the driver was missing. Mahesh Soni also accused the administration of negligence. The SDRF was involved in the operation as well. Three separate rescue teams searched 20 kilometers of the river for nearly two weeks.
How did the Police find that Vishal Soni was alive?
After eight days of searching, police officer Akanksha Hada said they began to suspect something was wrong. When questioned, Vishal’s father Mahesh Soni and his brothers admitted that Vishal was not dead and could be hiding with a relative.
Police then checked Vishal’s phone records and found he was in Maharashtra. With help from Maharashtra Police, they caught him in the Fardapur area of Sambhaji Nagar district.
Vishal later told police he was in the transport business, owned six trucks and two buses, and had taken loans of more than ₹1.40 crore from banks.
