Case filed against three in Nagpur over alleged Rs 1.5 crore land fraud

A case of alleged fraud worth Rs 1.5 crore linked to a land sale in Nagpur has come to light. Hudkeshwar police have registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy against three accused. It is alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to transfer the entire parcel to other people's names by allegedly tampering with the documents of agricultural land that had already been sold.

According to police, the accused are Ramesh Premlal Jugole (55), Naresh Premlal Jugole (52) and Geeta Naresh Jugole (43). All three live on Dussehra Road in Mahal. The complainant, Rahul Bhimrao Uke (42), is a resident of Tulsinagar.

According to the complaint, there is a total of 1.74 hectares of agricultural land under survey number 80/01 at Pipla village, which falls within the Nagpur Rural police limits. Rahul Uke bought an undivided share of 0.58 hectares of it from Praveen Kukde and Mahendra Jungare. The deal was done through registered sale deed number 7336/24 of June 5, 2024. The complainant paid Rs 1 crore 50 lakh for it.

It is alleged that Ramesh Jugole was fully aware that Rahul Uke had already bought this share. Even so, he allegedly conspired with Naresh Jugole and Geeta Jugole. According to the allegation, the three created forged documents and tried to have the entire 1.74 hectares, including the share already sold, transferred to their names.

Rahul Uke, the buyer of the land, is alleged to have been cheated of Rs 1.5 crore in the purported forgery. He filed a complaint at Hudkeshwar police station over this.

On the basis of the complaint, police have registered an offence against the three accused under Sections 318(4), 316(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Police are investigating the case. The inquiry will examine the land documents, the registered sale deed and facts related to the alleged forged transfer.