Three booked in Nagpur for allegedly cheating man of Rs 66 lakh in land deal using fake IDs
Nandanvan police have registered an FIR against three people accused of showing a buyer farmland that was not theirs and taking Rs 66 lakh in cash and cheques.
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A case of alleged fraud worth Rs 66 lakh in the name of a land deal has come to light in the Nandanvan police station area of Nagpur. It is alleged that three people showed a man agricultural land that did not belong to them. Fake Aadhaar and PAN cards were allegedly used to make the deal look genuine. A case has been registered against all three.
According to the complaint, the accused described the land deal as genuine and took lakhs of rupees from the complainant in cash and by cheque.
Police said the complainant, Shivraj Thakre, was looking to buy agricultural land when he came to know the accused. It is alleged that they showed him about 3.49 hectares at Survey No. 113 in Mauja Bharatwada on Katol Road.
The accused allegedly said the land belonged to Anant Haribhau Kukde. The deal is said to have been fixed at about Rs 1.31 crore.
According to the complaint filed with police, the accused Ganesh Dande allegedly got fake Aadhaar and PAN cards made in the name of Anant Kukde with the help of Hirasingh and Nana Nikose. Police suspect that forged identity documents and a bank account were allegedly used in the purported fake land deal.
The complainant alleges that the accused took a total of Rs 66 lakh from him in separate payments, including cash and cheques, in connection with the deal.
The alleged fraud came to light when the complainant later learnt of irregularities in the ownership of the land and in the documents shown to him at the time of the deal. He then approached Nandanvan police and filed a complaint.
On the basis of the complaint, Nandanvan police have registered an FIR against the three accused under the relevant sections dealing with cheating, forgery and use of forged documents.
Police are currently examining the land records, the money transactions, bank account details and the alleged fake identity documents. Further action will depend on what the investigation finds.
