THIS WEEK: Tycoon Shumuk fraud file goes missing

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala tycoon Shukla Babubhai Mukesh was last week charged with fraud and now his file has gone missing from police, reports say.

Mukesh commonly known as Shumuk is the boss behind Shumuk Aluminium Industries and was facing 13 counts ranging from forgery, uttering false documents and conspiracy to commit a felony.

Makindye Magistrates Court was forced to adjourn after the prosecutor admitted there was no police file. Prosecution alleged that on April 17, 2015 in Kampala District, Shumuk forged a letter for official hand over of Hotel Diplomate in Muyenga, a Kampala suburb.

The hotel belongs to the Katatumba family although Shumuk and the late Bonney Katatumba were engaged in a long running feud over the ownership of the hotel.