New Jersey is home to a vibrant Indian community. Classical and Bollywood music events, temple functions like Makara Sankranti, Ugadi, Sri Rama Navami, Holi, Holika Dahan, Ganesh Chaturthi, Dasara, Mandala Puja and Diwali, New Year other Indian festival celebrations and a host of cultural events are organized frequently by various community groups or Hindu temples […]
New Jersey desis are finding it tough to land a job. The state’s economy is still in the doldrums and small businesses like restaurants, liquor stores, catering services, check cashing businesses and coffee shops are feeling the squeeze. Small businesses in New Jersey are also closing at an alarming rate. But if New Jersey Indians […]
Nukkad, Jersey City, NJ Indian restaurant owner Garima Kothari (35) and her husband Man Mohan Mall (37) were found dead by Jersey City Police on April 26, 2020. The body of Garima Kotari was found with multiple upper body injuries by Jersey City Police at her residence on Christopher Columbus Drive in Jersey City around […]
Paramus, New Jersey Indian Paresh Patel (59) pleaded guilty on March 11, 2020 to obstructing a federal investigation into bid rigging and fraud in connection with contracts awarded by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), NY for Superstorm Sandy-related subway repairs. Paresh Patel MTA Bid Rigging Case Background Paresh Patel was a manager at MTA, NY […]
A New Jersey Indian doctor, Parminderjeet S. Sandhu (66), from Long Valley along with an unlicensed associate Paramjit Singh (62) of Ohio pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud January 28, 2020 in Trenton federal court. Sandhu & Singh Health Care Fraud Background Dr. Parminderjeet S. Sandhu is a medical doctor licensed to […]
Amish Patel (31), of Delanco, NJ sentenced January 16, 2020 to 12 and half years in prison for causing the deaths of a married New Jersey couple (Robert Stephens, 52, and his wife Janet, 50, of Burlington Township) during a collision on the evening of January 13, 2018. Amish Patel (Photo Courtesy – Burlington County […]
A 47-year old Swedesboro, New Jersey Indian Amish Jayant Patel was arrested January 5, 2020 after he traveled to Rhode Island to allegedly engage in sexual activity with a person he believed to be a 9th grade girl. Amish Jayant Patel allegedly befriended and communicated with a person he thought to be a 14-year-old 9th […]
Sudhan Thomas (44), former executive director of Jersey City Employment and Training Program (JCETP) has been charged January 3, 2020 with embezzling JCETP funds. Sudhan Thomas (Photo Courtesy – Jersey City School Board, New Jersey) This is the second case filed against the Jersey City, NJ Indian Sudhan Thomas in less than a month. On […]
Sudhan Thomas, the incumbent Jersey City School Board President, was charged December 19, 2019 with taking thousands of dollars in bribes from a cooperating witness in the form of campaign contributions. Sudhan Thomas (Photo Courtesy – Jersey City School Board, New Jersey) New Jersey Indian, Sudhan Thomas was charged with bribery along with four other […]
Two New Jersey Indians Rajendra Kankariya (61) and Rakesh Sethi (44) of Tenafly and Basking Ridge, NJ respectively have been arrested for allegedly orchestrating and participating in a fraud scheme against a bank in connection with a $17 million secured line of credit. Rajendra Kankariya and Rakesh Sethi were President and the Chief Financial Officer […]