Mysuru: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing into the alleged cheating of Mysuru’s famous Taxidermist Edwin Joubert Van Ingen of his properties worth Rs. 500 crore by former horse trainer Michael Floyd Eshwar, is said to have arrested a 63-year-old doctor of the city yesterday for abetting the fraud.

Dr. Chandrashekar, a Director of Aditya Adhikari Hospital in Gokulam, allegedly hid the fact that he had issued a death certificate for Ingen’s demise to some relatives of the Taxidermist.

Dr. Chandrashekar later allegedly issued a new death certificate to Eshwar, hiding details of the treatment given to Ingen and the time of his death. Van Ingen died on Mar.12, 2013.

The doctor is also alleged to have destroyed documents on the treatment history of Ingen as part of the conspiracy with Eshwar. Four years after the Taxidermist was allegedly conned by Michael Floyd Eshwar, who claimed to be his adopted son, of properties worth Rs. 500 crores, the CID reopened the case as the Supreme Court directed it to continue the probe.

Earlier, the Karnataka High Court on June 19, 2014, had ruled in favour of Eshwar, who then was alleged to have used the fake medical certificates issued by Dr. Chandrashekar. The High Court had also ordered to halt the probe.

Questioning the High Court verdict, Telly Gifford, a relative of Van Ingen, moved the Supreme Court, which in August this year, directed the CID to probe the case.

Van Ingen, a bachelor, lived alone and was acquainted with Eshwar, a horse trainer at Mysore Race Club (MRC) of which he was a member.

Van Ingen died on Mar.12, 2013, at the age of 101, a day after the cheating case was filed.

Meanwhile, Aditya Hospital sources said that Dr. Chandrashekar who left for Bengaluru yesterday to join CID probe has not returned since then and all efforts to reach him have failed.