KOLKATA BUSINESSMAN VENKAT GANERIWALA FACES ARREST WARRANT AFTER FAILING TO SURRENDER BEFORE COURT IN SHARE TRANSFER CASE

A warrant of arrest has been issued against Kolkata-based businessman Venkat Ganeriwala on 14.10.2026, after he allegedly failed to surrender before the Court of the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate at Barasat on 14.10.2026, as undertaken by his advocate following his release on a personal bond on 10.10.2026.
Ganeriwala was arrested on 9.10.2026 from his Ballygunge residence in connection with Baguiati P.S. Case No. 784/2026, which involves allegations of cheating, forgery, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. He was subsequently released on a personal bond furnished by his advocate, who undertook that the accused would surrender before the Court on 14 .10.2026. Following the accused’s failure to comply with the undertaking, the Learned Court issued an arrest warrant against him.
As per the FIR, the accused persons allegedly fabricated corporate records to show a woman who had died in 1995 as present and voting at a shareholders’ meeting held on 18.04.2005 concerning the amalgamation of Plutus Distributors Private Limited with Bishwanath & Company Private Limited (BCPL). The complaint also alleges forgery of signatures on the attendance sheet and ballot paper, besides the fraudulent transfer of 1,20,000 BCPL shares in favour of co-accused Pradip Kumar Ganeriwala through an allegedly forged share transfer deed.
Venkat Ganeriwala is associated with several entities within the Ganeriwala family’s business network, including Bishwanath & Company, Bajranglal Bishwanath, Auto Steel and Plutus Group companies.
The matter remains under investigation, and the allegations against the accused are yet to be established through trial.