Nikant Jain Faces Fifth FIR in ₹8,000 Crore Solar Scam Amidst New Charges of Land Fraud and Threats | Lucknow News
LUCKNOW: Nikant Jain, the alleged middleman in the ₹8,000-crore solar commission scam and currently lodged in Lucknow district jail, is facing fresh legal trouble. The Wazirganj police have registered a new FIR against him for land grabbing, bank fraud, and issuing life threats—marking the fifth criminal case against him. Of these, three have been filed in Lucknow, and one each in Etah and Meerut.The latest FIR in Wazirganj has been lodged on the basis of a complaint filed by Hasanraza Abbasi, a resident of Hasanganj Bawli in the Talkatora area of Lucknow. Abbasi alleged that Jain, in connivance with others, tried to illegally take over his 6-biswa (approximately 8,166 sq ft) agricultural land in village Sarosa Bharosa, tehsil Sarojininagar. The land, registered under khasra number 1333Sa, was lawfully converted to residential status under Section 143 of the revenue code, according to Abbasi.In his complaint, Abbasi claimed that Jain and his associates executed a fraudulent property deal in 2017 by using a backdated cheque and then mortgaged the land to secure a ₹1.25 crore loan from Allahabad Bank’s Hussain Ganj branch. The loan was reportedly taken in the name of a firm, SSJ Agrotech Pvt Ltd, using forged documents.The FIR further states that in the first week of March 2025, Jain allegedly intercepted Abbasi near the Lucknow civil court and issued death threats. According to the complaint, Jain demanded ₹25 lakh or asked Abbasi to vacate the land, warning that non-compliance would result in him being “eliminated by a contract killer or run over by a vehicle.” Abbasi also alleged that Jain’s aides assaulted him and hurled abuses. Fearing for his life, he refrained from filing a complaint earlier but has now submitted supporting documents and RTI responses to the police.The Wazirganj police have booked Jain, one AM Khan, and unidentified associates under Sections 308(5) (attempt to extort with threat to life) and 111 (organised crime) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). A request has been submitted to the local court to summon Jain from Lucknow district jail for judicial remand in this case.This latest FIR comes just days after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) submitted a detailed chargesheet in the high-profile solar commission scam, in which Jain is the primary accused. The case, based on an FIR filed in January this year at Gomtinagar police station, involves alleged attempts to extract a 5% commission from Vishwajeet Dutta, a representative of SAEL Solar P6 Pvt Ltd, in exchange for fast-tracking approvals under the Invest UP initiative.
