Kampala businessman Mr. Mukesh Shukla commonly known as Shumuk has Tuesday appeared before Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court and charged with 13 counts of forgery and uttering false documents.
Shumuk was arraigned in Court on six separate charges of forgery, other six counts of presenting false documents and one count of conspiracy to commit felony.
Shumuk was arrested on Monday and detained at Jinja Road Police Station before he was released on police bond and instructed to appear at court following day.
Prosecution told court that Mr Mukesh and others still at large on or about April 17, 2015 in Kampala, with intent to defraud or deceive, forged a letter for official handover of Hotel Diplomate in Muyenga, a Kampala suburb, purporting to have been signed by the deceased Honorary Consular of Pakistan to Uganda Bonny Katatumba.
The charges were read out by Grade One Magistrate Stella Amabilis.
The state persecutor Ms Miriam Njuki said Mr Mukesh also allegedly forged signatures of Anne Grace Katatumba, Angella Katatumba, Rugirwa Katatumba, Ian Katatumba and ASP George William Karyegira.
The prosecution further alleges that in November 6, 2017 at Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kampala, Mr Mukesh fraudulently uttered a false document as a purported official handover letter of Hotel Diplomate.
Prosecution contends that Mr Mukesh presented the false document in the names of Anne Grace Katatumba, Angella Katatumba, Rugirwa Katatumba, Ian Katatumba and ASP George William Karyegira.
The state further alleges that in April 2015 in Kampala, Mr Mukesh conspired to commit forgery and uttering false documents for official handover of Hotel Diplomate.
Additional reporting by Daily Monitor.
