Vastu Expert Arrested for Rs 65 Cr Fraud, Had Claimed Vastu Defects in Old Parliament Building

New Delhi: Vastu expert Khushdeep Bansal along with his brother was arrested in connection with a fraud amounting to Rs 65 crore.

Both were arrested on Monday in Delhi by a joint team of the Assam Police and the Delhi Police. They were transported to Assam, where they face charges in what is called the Rs 65 crore Autonomous Council scam. The scam also involves the son of a Congress leader from Madhya Pradesh.

Besides his Vaastu consultancy, Bansal is a consultant on various state government projects to eminent businessmen and industrialists.

In 1997, he thronged the limelight by claiming that Vastu defects of the Parliament House library were causing governmental instability not allowing governments to complete their tenures.