Interesting facts about con man of india

Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava, better known as Natwarlal (1912–2009) was a noted Indian con man.

👉He was born in Bangra village in Siwan district of Bihar, by profession he was a lawyer before he turned into a conman.

👉He sold the Taj Mahal thrice

Red Fort, he sold twice. He also sold the Rashtrapati Bhawan, and even the Parliament House of India (along with its 545 sitting members) to gullible foreigners by posing as a government official.
👉They sentenced him to 113 years in prison.
He had 100 cases charged on him and was wanted by the police of 8 states. He was arrested as many as 9 times but each time he managed to break away. The last notable escape he made was when he was 84, at New Delhi railway station, while he was being escorted by police from Kanpur jail to AIIMS in Delhi. The date was June 24, 1996, after which, he was never seen again.

👉He died twice.
He conned people even in his death. It was in 2009 when his lawyer asked that the 100s of pending cases on Natwarlal be dropped claiming that the conman had passed away on July 25, 2009. Now, he probably would have, because of the evident age factor. But, his brother claimed to have cremated Natwarlal in 1996 itself, which was 13 years before the lawyer made his announcement. How did the conman revive to die again, is  a question that remains put.
👉Statue of con man
The people of his native village Bangra in Bihar take a pride that he belonged to their village and have decided to put up a statue of him as his monument, at the place, where his house once stood.

👉 Raja natwarlal movie is based on this con man.